There are big movements afoot from anti-smoking nazis who want to force property owners to make their establishments smoke free. They say they are "doing it for the helpless employees," who have no other choice but to suffer the vile, deadly, second hand smoke while forced to work at their jobs. Opponents of such measures have pointed out that business owners and employees both suffer a decrease in receipts and tips. They also have the freedom to decide whether or not to work at such an establishment. Proponents say too bad.

Well, now some nice young Canadian girls in the entertainment industry (ok, they're strippers, but so what) are quite upset because the smoking ban is taking money out of their g-string. Tips are way down, and business is falling off due to the ban. You can bet that waiters and waitresses at area restaurants are also losing their shirts. (Ouch, bad pun)

Here in the US, similar laws are on the ballot in Florida and New York City, where anti-smoking busy bodies are bound and determined to take away property rights. I'm not going to revisit my previous rant on this topic, but the plain and simple truth is that property owners have a right to run their own business. If you want to patronize an exclusively non-smoking establishment that is your right. If the demand is high enough, there will be plenty of those places available. If there are no such places, you should open one and wait for the tide of non-smokers to flock to it. Telling others how to run their business is no business of yours. Doing it in the name of the "helpless employees," who end up suffering from lost tips and wages, and increased unemployment, is downright despicable.