Smoking ban in ND to include commercial trucks

When there was no law, people could smoke in the truckstop.

Using your warped logic, I could choose to not go to them. Seems to be a problem when I had to stop or fuel.

Glad to see them pass it.

 

roadmedic

the ONLY people who should have a say in that truck are the driver and the owner, NOT the government

its not a workplace in the sense of the law on smoking

either that or ban smoking altogether, put it on the level of heroin or crack (probably the same damage to the society) but to say its legal and then override the owner's authority is a bit tyrannical

 

The way it should be is a business owner has the choice whether or not to allow smoking. Just like they can choose whether or not to serve alcohol. Or serve steaks and so on. It is up to the business owner. If people don't like it they do not have to take their business to that particular establishment or they can open their own place of business and make whatever rules they want.

 

Never said anything about the truck.

Except they stink to high heaven after a smoker has been in it. Last company truck I cleaned it every week with Clorox. I soaked the steering wheel each night in bleach. It stunk every day. My hands smelled of it.

 

if an establishment is serving the public, i can agree that the government can step in (i hate saying that)

but a truck is not visited by the public (Rat, unless you entertain lot lizards)

 

that should have been the boss's say to forbid folks from smoking

 

So lets say you have a BBQ at your house this summer and you and your buddies are inside playin some pool and drinking some beer. You like to smoke in your residence but since your buddies do not reside at your address then they are considered "PUBLIC" and now your "establishment" while serving the "public" shouldn't have any smoking so now you agree the government can tell you thats against the law? I know I know its a stretch but one day it will get there.

 

i dont see us as being too far from there

surely the courts have heard similar things

but at this very second (it may change after this post) the government cannot tell you not to smoke in your house (wait, isnt illegal to smoke in your house if you have children?)

volvo, its a bad way of thinking by letting the government micromanage our lives

it would be nice if they knew where to stop, but it seems like each new session of congress feels they must push that envelope more and more

i guess there arent enough laws on the books already

 

I would not go that far. Just because a restaurant or other establishment is open to the public, no one is forced to patronize that establishment. If the owner's main clientele are smokers, then it should be the owner's choice to allow it. If an owner wishes to bar smoking in their restaurant or bar, then that is their choice and they can decide whether it is worth it to do so based on the free choice of customers to frequent or avoid their place. Non smokers can choose to not spend their money at a business that allows smoking. And the reverse is true. Let the market decide and determine which is the best course of action by the business owner to maximize his profits.

When government gets involved in 95% of what it does, something gets messed up.