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

[H. S. Teoh]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 11:01:21PM -0800, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Friday, March 09, 2012 01:45:13 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
[...]
> > 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.
[...]

You think it's bad to have a smoking section in restaurants? Back in the
old days (I'm pretty sure it isn't the case anymore -- at least I sure
hope not!), Japan Airlines used to have a smoking section in the cabin.
I was on a *transatlantic* flight like that once. You cannot imagine my
relief after the flight was finally over.


T

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