Reply #43: Austin has a smoking ban... [View All]

It passed with endorsements from the American Cancer Society and hometown hero Lance Armstrong. The opposition to the ban have attempted since then to derail its enforcement, but to no avail.

I'm a smoker myself, but I didn't oppose the ban. Frankly, I've never smoked in a bar or anywhere else enclosed and in public in deference to both the people who work there and patrons who have asthma. I just don't think it's fair to them.

From what I understand, there has not been a rash of bar and club closings along Sixth Street. If I were a betting man, I'd bet against that ever happening. Believe it or not, most people go to clubs to see bands or bars to drink. Smoking is a prerequisite for neither.

So call me a fascist or a self-hating smoker, but I agree with smoking bans.