# Smoking Ban **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365 "2006-07-06T12:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 255
**Author:** ![Hycomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Hycomp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hycomp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365/255 "2006-09-29T09:24:47Z")
> [@My kind of garage!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-kind-of-garage/24482/29): > > But these are not “Public places”! These are PRIVATE BUSINESSES! That is the point. Actually in the eyes of the law in general you are wrong. These are places open to the public, and are therefore considered “public places”. By opening up their property to the general public and encouraging the general public to enter as a means of the support, the private business owner has agreed to give up certain rights that they may have had as a “private” property owner in order to receive other protections under the law. It’s all a big game of give and take. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365)._