Indianapolis Smoking Ban: Effective March 1st

It's too bad that this ban doesn't extend to "any bar or tavern that does not allow customers under 18 years of age to enter." Does that mean that if I go to see a band at the Vogue I still have to smell like an ashtray? I also see they exempted bowling alleys. I think I'll just let that one lie there so we can all ponder it. Bowling alleys. Huh.

Are you sure bowling alleys are exempted? I got an email the other day of a list of local alleys that are going smoke-free; I'll have to dig it out and see whether that was voluntary or mandatory.

Yes, bowling alleys are as smoky as ever. Check out the ordinance. The bit about bowling alleys is In Sec. 616-204(a)(8).

You will most likely still smell like an ashtray at The Vogue. However, if you go to Radio Radio, which has been smoke free for several years now, you will not.

Couple thoughts as I sit here gaggin on my smokey clothes from the bar I just came from -

1. Several months ago the Libertarians has a chance to make a big splash by coming out against the idiotic new Colts stadium. Instead they focused all their energy on that terribly disadvantaged sector, restaurant owners faced with smoking bans. The Libs blew it and will forever be irrelevant.

B. The whole reason behind the smoking ban is that employers don't have a right to subject their employees to unsafe working conditions. We have mine safety rules, hazmat rules, etc, this is no different. OMG, hospitals make surgeons wear gloves ! Airports are forced to make their tarmac people wear ear protection !

Cigarettes would be illegal if the gummint didn't need the money. They're more harmful than pot.

here here!

Is there anything that can be done about an apartment complex that continues to allow residents to smoke in the enclosed common hallways? There is one resident who continues to smoke in the hall. I have complained many times to the apartment managment as he stands near my door to the point that im coughing inside my own apartment.
Any help is appreciated

I am a singer. Unfortunately, I can no longer sing in bands because of cigarette smoke. I get pneumonia if I'm around too much cigarette smoke and in my daily life as it is I need to use an inhaler twice a day. I have seriously considered moving to a place that does have a ban in effect, such as new york city or california. It's pretty depressing to me that I can't do the one thing that I want to do in life--sing--because I cannot escape the smoke.

WTF! You people are sick. Lets ban everything. Lets ban driving, I heard its dangerous. Lets ban swimming. People drown all of the time. I know, lets ban alcohol. Anyway, why dont you people get over yourself. If you dont like it, dont go.

FU