# Pittsburgh Smoking Ban....

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**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-smoking-ban/197550 "2008-05-20T11:42:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-smoking-ban/197550/15 "2008-05-20T13:30:54Z")

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> [@SUNDAY 10/07 NYIRP](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sunday-10-07-nyirp/36356/16):
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> I’m reallly Libertarian about this. Bars succeed by having clients.
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> McGrogans does just fine down in the Canonsburg area as a non-smoking bar.
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> Non-smokers have a place to go, and smokers have other places to go.
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> I feel it’s Win-Win when people have the choice how to run their business. If you don’t like the smoking, then don’t go there. Go to a non-smoking establishment if there is one. If there isn’t one, open one up and see if you succeed (I bet in the right location non-smoking would be a nice lucrative niche business).
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> Mostly, bar owners are afraid of change I’d guess…

> [@SP71Supra"](#):
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> Honestly this is one of the best posts I ever read out of the 3,000,000 smoking threads we have on Pittspeed. :bigok:
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> I think its bullshit that if I spend my own $$ to open up a business (I dont care what kind of business it is) and I can’t even decide myself if I want people to be able to smoke inside of it or not… You spend the $$ on the business, YOU should be able to make the choice. Fuck the government.

The above covers my take on the ban, I don’t need to add anything…

But seriously though…

> [@Fall Picture Thread 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fall-picture-thread-2007/36195/17):
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> how many threads do we need about the smoking ban?
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> [http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42537&highlight=smoking+ban](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42537&highlight=smoking+ban)  
> [[http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29275&highlight=smoking+ban](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29275&highlight=smoking+ban)]([http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26595&highlight=smoking+ban](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26595&highlight=smoking+ban))

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