FINALLY

I hate going out to a bar or restaurant and coming home smelling like smoke. Furthermore, and more importantly, I hate going out to a bar or restaurant and coming home and having an asthma attack because someone ELSE decided to throw tar down their lungs.

That's why I'm so happy that the Michigan House of Representatives has passed a bill banning smoking in restaurants and bars. It now goes to the Senate, where it will meet some heavy opposition from Republicans because their supporters either have stock in or support tobacco companies and so-called "free enterprise" or are smokers themselves.

HORRAY!!!

Put this in your pipe and smoke it (or don't)

I cannot wait for the day when I enter a restaurant in Michigan and am not asked "Smoking or Non?" There are a few that are going that way, but it should be mandatory. I'm sorry--because you smoke shouldn't mean I have to have an asthma attack, smelly clothes, a stuffy nose or any of the above.

And it appears they might be inching closer to that day in the Michigan legislature as documented here.

I will be so happy.

I'm sorry, smokers. I'd like to breathe while I eat and drink. Thankyouverymuch.