[OT] Smoking sections (Was: Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous)

[Bernard Helyer]

On Friday, 9 March 2012 at 07:02:47 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Friday, March 09, 2012 01:45:13 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote in message
>> news:mailman.289.1331260526.4860.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>> [...]
>> 
>> > T
>> 
>> That's one great thing about Ohio: A few years back we had a 
>> state law
>> passed here (by public vote! I had been convinced it wouldn't 
>> pass)
>> prohibiting smoking in workplaces and public 
>> buildings/businesses. That
>> includes, of course, restaurants. No more smoking sections! I 
>> feel so
>> spoiled now when I travel to a state that still has public 
>> indoor smoking.
>> It's like stepping back into the stone age.
>
> I'm from California, where it's been illegal to smoke in 
> restaurants for 15+
> years now, and it always shocks me to see a smoking section in 
> restaurants in
> other states. It's not something that I even think about.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

I smoke, but smoking inside is weird to me. I'll do it sometimes 
in my own home, but even then not usually.