As the USA and Canada battle for the biggest nanny state in North America, Canada sneaks another sucker punch to smokers.
A proposal to ban smoking on patios in the capital region attracted an equal number of speakers for and against the bylaw amendment in a final public meeting on the issue held in Colwood last night.
Popularity: 6% [?]
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The Canadian tobacco tax is so outrageous that you’d think a smoking ban anywhere in the country would constitute double jeopardy. And considering this is Canada, and the ban is on smoking OUTDOORS?? How many months out of the year can a guy smoke a cigar outdoors without sustaining frostbite in Canada?
You are still allowed to smoke a cigar in your basement under a blanket for the time being…
I only have one phrase
Boston Tea Party
We need to have a million smoker march maybe? Of course a sit in might better some of the cigarette smokers tend to wheeze if the walk too far.
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