May 13, 2014
Tuesday PM

I am sick to death of anti-smoking laws, expecially those making smokers unwelcome. In Ketchikan, I am now recduced to eaing at Cape Fox, since all other restaurants have chosen to go non-smoking. Since these business owners have chosen this, as is their right, it's entirely up to them, and no doubt is a boon for the non-smokers. I, however, also choose not to patronioze a place that makes me unwelcome, that is MY RIGHT..

I think that you should give credit to those that have chosen non-smoking for their businesses. It shows that these business people can regulate their own without interference from you. Smoking cigarettes, while maybe unpleasant for non-smokers, is LEGAL.

For you to spend your time on an issue of this sort makes me think you don't have enough to do. Have you even thought about enforcement issues? We don't have enough policemen in town to deal with REAL crime, let alone asking them to enforce something like this.

To those businesses who choose to remain a place to smoke, good for you, and I will patronize you. City council, don't just blindly follow what other communities do, think for yourselves. Let business owners choose how to run their businesses, you have no right to tell them how.

Teri J. Wilson
Ketchikan, Alaska

Received April 13, 2014 - Published May 13, 2014

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