The Washington Post Times reports on the few remaining places it’s legal to grab a smoke in the district—including, it’s nice to see, a few hookah bars in my vicinity. I note, however, this explanation for the exemption from council quisling Jim Graham:
There is an element of consent so much greater if you’re going to a cigar bar or hookah bar, you know what you’re getting into.
Right. Because previously when you looked in the door of a bar and saw dozens of people puffing on cigarettes, you had no idea you might be exposed to smoke if you went in.
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1 Michael Yuri // Jan 11, 2007 at 6:54 pm
This argument makes even less sense when you recall that the most popular justification for the ban was protecting employees.
We can’t make people choose between their health and earning a living. And how are the cigar bar employees any different?
2 MalibuDrew // Jan 11, 2007 at 6:55 pm
The article’s from the Washington Times, not the Post.