Smoke Job

Is this really a matter of rights being revoked? I think the issues that have been raised as concerns are all real. It will take time to measure the benefits as opposed to the detriments of having this law in place. I do think, based on the facts that we do have, it was worth taking the initiative and allowing this to go foward.

I've always wondered why addicts can't drink in rehab but they can smoke. Both are legal. Both are addidive substances. Given that, this bad makes perfect sense.

susie121: I think you're confused. Liberals don't take rights away, that's why they're called liberals. The conservatives, by definition, are the ones who try to legislate morality and take away your freedom "for your own good".

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With all the problems we are facing in this country today, I believe it is criminal to take away a small pleasure in life from those who enjoy smoking. It is abusive to deny someone with serious addiction issues a cigarette. This country has gone too far in the invasion of personal rights. The Mayor of New York needs to be dethroned--his power has gone to his head. Leave people alone and work on fixing the economy.

First and foremost, I am a smoker, I started at the age of 18, and I really do regret the fact that I did, unlike some of the other comments, I have a sincere message, Iam not going to highlight how the scent of a smoker is, or yellow teeth (by the way, I have beautiful white gorgeous teeth- straight from my dentist) at any rate, If I can save one person from picking up cigarettes, that is what I would most want my message to be.
Smoking is not glamorous, it dosen't make you desirable or cool, it kills...
It's highly addictive and definately not worth your life, I had two aunts and one uncle who died of lung cancer from smoking, all within six months of each other, they all still smoked up untill the last moment of life, smoking took away their lives and away from their children (all young in ages) PLEASE, if your reading this stop...As for the ban of smoking in rehab, I think it should be encouraged, however, I feel that eary intervention, in schools etc is a positive step, if an individual is seeking treatment , I feel that weaning oneself off of the illegal drugs is hard enough, our society is so hypocritical, New York state bans smoking in facilities, however, they continue to distribute the drug and reap the proceeds.
PLEASE CHOOSE TO LIVE....STOP SMOKING NOW!!!!!!

Smokers seem to think they are cool holding their cigs in there hands, smoke wafting around, and the cool yellow stains on their hands...Heck I want to smell like an ashtray, eat food with no taste and have my kid made fun of because they smell up the class with the smokey clothes they wear..Its cool! A smoker has really neat cig butt gardens in their front yard that has to be seen and smelled on a rainy day to be admired.. I want to look stupid in a car with the window cracked open an inch and my hand in the arm wrestlers positon with a cig dangling between my index and middle finger...Why do they do that?..Window open,cig sticking out of it, they take a drag, put the cig back in the window and exhale the smoke IN the car...Yumm!..I love looking at used cars and seeing that yellow film glazed on the window..Bottom line smokers suck butts...lol no pun intended. Their insurance should be ultra high if they want to continue smoking, and lowered if they go on some program to genuinly get them to quit..And for bans on smoking in restaurants?..You bet!..I hated going to a sit down restaurant and asking to sit in the non smoking section only to have to be WALKED through the smoking section to get there..Nasty...Not to mention the smoke didnt exactly stay in the smokers section....Good thing its banned from restaurants now.

Most addicts internally would welcome the idea of being forced to quit smoking at the same time as quitting another addiction. "Kill two birds with one stone." How many addicts don't actually want to quit smoking? Sure, I love spending $7/day (over $2400/year), smelling like crap all of the time, afraid to talk too close to others because I know how bad other smokers' breaths smell, and spending countless amounts of time all to make my teeth bright yellow, kill my taste buds, decrease my endurance, and kill me early. Why quit? I don't know any long-term smokers who don't want to quit. Why does this article focus on Celebrities in rehab? They have an inherent penchant for doing what is "cool". They are not the norm and should not be used as examples. If a heroine addict decides not to get treatment because he doesn't want to quit smoking, he's not ready to get treatment. Embrace the opportunity, that's why you're there in the first place. To find out more about quitting addictions, check out my blog: http://slimpundit.wordpress.com/
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I think to ban smoking treatment centers is rediculous. As a recovering addict, I would never be so bold as to tell someone that they had to quit smoking along with everything else. When you are first getting clean, you have bigger fish to fry. My first sponsor in a twelve step program suggested that I not try to quit smoking for the first year. I tell my sponsees the same thing. If I wasn't able to hold on to something that was routine for me to begin with, I never would have made it. I know it seems silly, but even the experts will never understand addiction the way an addict does. I have now been clean for over five years, and just quit smoking seven months ago. Addicts need to be able to chose if and when to quit smoking in their own time.
Its something normal people will never understand, and I think it is totally bogus for them to try to regulate it.

As a recovering adict, I am appalled at this ban. In my twelve step program, my sponsor always told me we would cross that bridge when we came to it. I have recommended to those I sponsor, as was recommended to me, that you shouldn't try to stop smoking in the first year of recovery. There are bigger fish to fry and you need something to hold on to. Giving up too much too fast, in my experience, leads to relapse. I quit smoking seven months ago, but have been clean for over five years. Also, I refused to go to any treatment center that would not let me smoke. I have many friends in recovery who feel the same. FYI, you can be the greatest, most brilliant doctor in the world, but you will never know more about addiction than an addict. It pisses me off when doctors act all preachy about it. Live it first, and maybe then I'll listen to what you have to say.

smoke em if you gottem we are going to get universal health care anyway so we all either get medical care or we can file a discimination lawsuit whoopee!! winner either way

Elected lawmakers should careful about micro-managing health care. Yes, of course we would all like to see both those addicted to illegal substances, and those who are not, to quit smoking. But, aren't the trained professionals who RUN treatment clinics the best-qualified to decide whether it's good to rigidly impose an absolute & simultaneous tobacco ban on ALL of their drug-addicted clients? This kind of statewide legislation allows politicians to pat themselves on the back & to try to score points with their constituents, but is it a wise law?

addicts smoke like fiends!!! i was watching "the 2 coreys" and that cory haim is a major druggie and he SMOKES LIKE A CHIMNEY!!!

Heres an Idea! about trans fat, smoking, and fast foods in poor ereas! Suck this ya communist! Go back to where ever ya commy pricks are from and tell them people what to eat!

In China they dictate the number of offspring one may have. Is that next in the U.S. in order to keep costs of healthcare down??? Every American should truly be frightened by the socialistic leanings of the U.S. Government. Soon we will have no CHOICE -- perhaps dictating for whom we vote will be next.