Bloomberg - Smoking Ban is Good

Gee, thanks, Dallas Mayor Laura Miller for putting Dallas in the same situation with its new smoking ban.

Bloomberg was responding to a survey of 50 establishments in yesterday's Post that found many had been hurt since the ban took effect. In some bars and restaurants, business was down as much as 50 percent, The Post found.

Now I agree that the survey above is not valid. It's junk science and there should be a more complete survey done, taking into account such factors as debt rate, unemployment rate, other economic downturns, etc. My guess is that is would show the same or similar results.

"I'm not trying to hurt anybody's opportunity to smoke. If you want to, you can do it. You just don't have the right to kill somebody else. That's what secondhand smoking does," Bloomberg said.

Can I be the first to call BS on the mayor's statement? Check out the following links to study this claim:



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