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No More Smoking in Northport, Alabama

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Fitts Agency

Got the urge to smoke inside a public place in Northport, Alabama?  Well, you better get used to going outside.  The Northport City Council adopted a smoking ban in most public places.  The vote was unanimous.

The ban includes restaurants, stores, government buildings, and buses.  If an establishment that gets more profits from alcohol than food then you can light one up inside, i.e., a bar.

I used to think that this was a right of citizens, but after leaving a public place smelling like an ashtray, I say to the inside smokers..."take it outside!"  If you want to smoke, smoke, but the secondhand stuff is not good for anyone.

Good job, Northport City Council.

Rick Grand
nowhere - Eugene, OR
good! Here in Eugene Oregon you have to smoke in a designated place. It's been like that for a few years now and I wouldn't have it any other way. It is much nicer to not have to smell like an ashtray when I go somewhere. Plus it just isn't fair for the people who DON'T smoke to have to sit there and breathe the 2nd hand smoke.
Aug 14, 2007 05:31 AM
Rosario Lewis
DDR Realty - Newburgh, NY
GRI, SRES - DDR Realty - Orange County, NY
New York has a complete ban on smoking in public buildings. Its easy to get used to cleaner air. Now when I frequent establishments in Pennsylvania I am acutely aware of the smoke. 
Aug 14, 2007 05:31 PM
Todd Murphy
Fitts Agency - Tuscaloosa, AL
Amazing how we get used to cleaner air, isn't it?
Aug 14, 2007 08:46 PM
Leroy Dunson
N/A - Carson, CA
The  politicians in Northport made protecting non-smokers from secondhand smoke a priority over protecting their council seats. Maybe they'll extend the ban and prohibit smoking in all public place in the future.
Jan 25, 2008 01:57 AM