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Talk:Debate:Should government restrictions on smoking be tightened or rolled back? (view source)
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:::::As for the issue of whether smoke-free restaurants attract more customers, I don't doubt it for a second. I myself chose to patronize non-smoking restaurants well before the blanket ban. A restaurant with nice decor will also attract more customers than one with shabby decor, and a restaurant with pleasant background music will attract more customers than one where customers are routinely serenaded by a drunken glockenspiel player. Whether or not a given measure increases business, though, is not the point--the point is that it should be the business owner's decision, not the government's.
:::::As for the issue of whether smoke-free restaurants attract more customers, I don't doubt it for a second. I myself chose to patronize non-smoking restaurants well before the blanket ban. A restaurant with nice decor will also attract more customers than one with shabby decor, and a restaurant with pleasant background music will attract more customers than one where customers are routinely serenaded by a drunken glockenspiel player. Whether or not a given measure increases business, though, is not the point--the point is that it should be the business owner's decision, not the government's.
::::::The difference with coal mining and pumping gas is that those hazards are intrinsic to the process, while smoking is not. When you make elective choices to add unnecessary risks to a workplace setting , you increase your liability. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 16:34, 22 July 2008 (EDT)