[ctreick]

We just moved to The Villages and love it here...the weather is wonderful and we love eating outside and enjoying the fresh air...UNTIL we smell SMOKE.... How is it possible that the restaurants don't have a non-smoking section in their outdoor eating area? Most states have a law against smoking in restaurants. Isn't the outside patio/eating area part of the restaurant?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ctreick

We just moved to The Villages and love it here...the weather is wonderful and we love eating outside and enjoying the fresh air...UNTIL we smell SMOKE.... How is it possible that the restaurants don't have a non-smoking section in their outdoor eating area? Most states have a law against smoking in restaurants. Isn't the outside patio/eating area part of the restaurant?

I don't have an answer to that, but I will say that people walking past the outdoor area, on the sidewalk, are not prohibited from smoking. So, if you didn't actually notice anyone inside the patio area smoking, it might just be someone outside it, walking by (or loitering near).

[ctreick]

definitely smoking inside the patio area!

[wisbad1]

wait till you have someone feeding their dog next to where your eating, really sick

[Chi-Town]

The area where I lived up north banned smoking at outdoor venues that served food. Any seat that was vacated by smokers that stopped going was quickly taken up by people who wouldn't go there because of the smoke. The same would happen here. It's about time.


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[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

The area where I lived up north banned smoking at outdoor venues that served food. Any seat that was vacated by smokers that stopped going was quickly taken up by people who wouldn't go there because of the smoke. The same would happen here. It's about time.


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I'm an ex-smoker. I'd definitely not enjoy sitting outside at a restaurant patio while someone is blowing smoke near me. I never enjoyed that even when I was a smoker! But now I'm more sensitive to it.

[kaydee]

I am more bothered by the overuse of perfume. It seems wherever I go, shopping,eating out, grocery store etc.

[JimJohnson]

The restaurant/bars here need alcohol sales to meet profit goals. Many heavy drinkers would not sit and buy drinks for hours without a smoke. I can gag through a cigarette, but as I live and breath, (no pun intended), I cannot comprehend where the mind of anyone can be that fires up a cigar. Cigars are nasty and offensive.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

The restaurant/bars here need alcohol sales to meet profit goals. Many heavy drinkers would not sit and buy drinks for hours without a smoke. I can gag through a cigarette, but as I live and breath, (no pun intended), I cannot comprehend where the mind of anyone can be that fires up a cigar. Cigars are nasty and offensive.

There are all types.............I can't stand cigarette smoke, but I enjoy the smell of pipes and cigars.

[Mortal1]

Ask a simple question and get a ton of unrelated tales of woe...ask the restaurant manager...having a non smoking outside section won't help if the wind is coming from the wrong direction...

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by ctreick

We just moved to The Villages and love it here...the weather is wonderful and we love eating outside and enjoying the fresh air...UNTIL we smell SMOKE.... How is it possible that the restaurants don't have a non-smoking section in their outdoor eating area? Most states have a law against smoking in restaurants. Isn't the outside patio/eating area part of the restaurant?

No. An outdoor area (like the bar at Cody's, for example) you are allowed to smoke. Mind-boggling, but it's the way the law is written.

[ColdNoMore]

People should not have to be assaulted with second-hand cigarette smoke, from inside or outside...while they eat.

While I'm all for 'individual rights,' your right to smoke ends...when it adversely affects 'the rights' of others.

It really IS...as simple as that.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by JimJohnson

The restaurant/bars here need alcohol sales to meet profit goals. Many heavy drinkers would not sit and buy drinks for hours without a smoke. I can gag through a cigarette, but as I live and breath, (no pun intended), I cannot comprehend where the mind of anyone can be that fires up a cigar. Cigars are nasty and offensive.

It's been my personal experience, that a lot of cigar smokers know exactly how "nasty & offensive" their actions are, but instead of it making them pause about what they're doing...it is actually the impetus for them to do it.

Might as well hang a sign around their necks that says... "Of course I know it bothers/offends you...why do you think I do it?"

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

It's been my personal experience, that a lot of cigar smokers know exactly how "nasty & offensive" their actions are, but instead of it making them pause about what they're doing...it is actually the impetus for them to do it.



Might as well hang a sign around their necks that says... "Of course I know it bothers/offends you...why do you think I do it?"

And they smoke the cheapest smelliest cigars.

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[karostay]

Im non smoker at the restaurant outside bars the seat are always full of smokers
Hence i don't patronize these establishments
Why would they change their smoking policy seats are full open to close?.
Im sure someday their will be a legal action like asbestos laws suits.
Have you ever dined out side and have been exposed to second hand smoke
Call the offices of Dan Newlin