Smoking solutions (Was: Come to New Zealand, where "you can marry a fag but you can't smoke one")

[Alan]

Stewart Stremler wrote:
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> The airplanes are a lot farther than 20 feet from a public exit/entrance.
> And I don't recall a baggage handler ever getting into the exhaust of 
> one of the engines... perhaps they've changed procedures since I last 
> watched 'em?

Not so much the 20 ft thing, but I'd imagine the air they breathe in 
everyday is pretty toxic.
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> 
> Danger isn't the same thing as daily exposure to toxins. 

No, but everyone of those people (popcorn workers excepted) accepted the 
trade-off between risk of death and employment.
More examples abound.
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> 
> So you're all for the full-on welfare state?
> 
> "You want this job, you gotta smoke." would make the tobacco companies
> estatic.  And it would open a nice little precedent, too -- "You want 
> this job, you gotta sleep with the boss." comes to mind.

Ok, I must be missing your point here.
How does a restaurant for smokers staffed by smokers equate to a welfare 
state?
I did not suggest that only restaurants that allow smoking and are 
staffed by smokers exist, just that it be an option to accommodate both 
camps.
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> 
> I can count on your support when the election comes, then?  :)
> 
Sure, you're tapping me for Secretary of Labor right?

-ajb