Is that too much to ask?

Dude, you have no idea. This oughta be good.

Let's save everyone the trouble and just link back to the giant debate, shall we? Here 'tis.

Besides health concerns and the rights of the majority who want to breath smoke free air, cigars smell like someone lit a skunk on fire.

There, that oughtta get some reactions.

The right of the majority? These same majorities wanted prohabition and look what that got us.

What about the free market? A restaurant or bar owner should decide for himself if his establishment will allow smoking or not.

There is a local steakhouse that is smoke free. That is great. I'm glad. I don't want to eat around smoke.

But if I and others want to smoke I should be able to choose a place that allows smoking.

I actually don't mind the smell of a good cigar in a ventillated environment, but my sinuses don't know that and shut down with the finality of a chastity belt.

I DO see a difference on many levels between cigars and cigarettes, but I will have to think about the policy distinctions.

I am from North Carolina, a state that subsisted on tobacco and textiles for much of its history. My maternal grandfather and uncles owned tobacco farms. (After seeing her first big, fat tobacco worm, the Lil' Diva ceased all visitations to tobacco fields.) Many older family members smoked, dipped, snuffed or chewed. But, despite having tobacco in my system, so to speak, I cannot, in any way, condone smoking.

The medical research does not distinguish among different tobacco products much. All cause cancer, though, where the cancer occurs can be determined by choice of vice. For example, snuffers and chewers are more likely to get cancer of the mouth or nose. For me, just one look at a picture of a guy missing his nose because he was a snuff user or a woman breathing through a hole in her throat because she smoked, would be reason enough to quit. I guess that just proves I'm not a tobacco addict.

I like what Steve Allen said:

"Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar".

Isn't candy the real mouth candy?

I think people should be allowed to smoke pot if they want to.

Personally, I hate the stuff, but I think if people want to toke a joint, more power to them. I perfer stoned people to drunk people.

Smoking isn't that bad, it shouldn't be a crime.

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. It is listed as one of the "unalienable rights" of man-
Therefore, cigar bars should not be denied to operate. Enjoying an occassional cigar should not be a crime.