Any smokers on the forum

[joepole]

>You can still smoke in dedicated bars Al (i.e. bars without restaurants)

I thought that was the old Shreveport law, but that the new state law banned it even in bars unless there was video poker.

[LateNight]

Originally Posted by joepole

>You can still smoke in dedicated bars Al (i.e. bars without restaurants)

I thought that was the old Shreveport law, but that the new state law banned it even in bars unless there was video poker.

That sounds so stupid.. it's probably true.. so what's the dang difference between a bar, and a bar with video poker, that they would allow smoking ??

TGIF !

[Morpheus]

Originally Posted by joepole

>You can still smoke in dedicated bars Al (i.e. bars without restaurants)

I thought that was the old Shreveport law, but that the new state law banned it even in bars unless there was video poker.

The "Louisiana Smokefree Air Act," sponsored by Sen. Rob Marionneaux, D-Livonia, prohibits smoking in most business around Louisiana, leaving people to do as they'd like in their homes and cars (unless they're using their homes as day care facilities).

However, there are a few other major exceptions where smoking still is allowed: bars, casinos, horse racing tracks, off-track betting facilities, bingo halls, hotel rooms, tobacco stores, Mardi Gras ball facilities and assisted living and nursing home facilities where people have requested to be in smoking rooms. Also, customers can smoke on outdoor patios at restaurants, and prisoners can smoke in Louisiana's jails until 2009.

source: http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5873851%20

[joepole]

Yep, if you read the statute, it clearly says just "a bar" is exempt.

And it is illegal in LA to smoke with a kid under 13 in the car, regardless of the windows being up or down.

[Morpheus]

Originally Posted by joepole

it is illegal in LA to smoke with a kid under 13 in the car, regardless of the windows being up or down.

Didn't know this either. I learn something new every day.

[Isaac-Saxxon]

I sure would not take my kids in a room or car full of smoke. This law does protect the kids and the parents should know better anyway.

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by Isaac-Saxxon

I sure would not take my kids in a room or car full of smoke.

I recall being no more than 15 or 16 and attending concerts in the Hirsch Coliseum (Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Styx.....) and the smoke was so thick, I'm a walking deadman 30+ years later......

[Morpheus]

Originally Posted by rhertz

I recall being no more than 15 or 16 and attending concerts in the Hirsch Coliseum (Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Styx.....) and the smoke was so thick, I'm a walking deadman 30+ years later......

Yeah, but it wasn't tobacco smoke either....

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by joepole

And it is illegal in LA to smoke with a kid under 13 in the car, regardless of the windows being up or down.

I'm old friends of mine moved to Virginia in the 80's and they told stories of being busted for smoking cigarettes with children in the car. I thought they were joking way back then. But when something reaches all the way to Shreveport LA, then it is part of Americana..... Sure it is bad, but who are children's guardians? The government or the parents? Why not just license parents? LOL, I've heard that as a joke for decades....