O.C. PLATFORM : No Consistency
As a restaurateur in Orange County, I work every day to satisfy the wishes of my customers.
At one of my restaurants, we have a distinct smoking/nonsmoking section available to our customers and make every effort to keep apart the smoker and nonsmoker.
Currently, I’m considering expanding the no-smoking section because of increasing requests by my customers.
However, at my other restaurant, a coffee house atmosphere exists in which most of the patrons smoke and smoking is much more tolerated by the nonsmokers.
If the government regulates smoking, then we should have a consistent, statewide standard that covers all public places.
Otherwise, businesses should be left free to respond to the demands of the marketplace and not tied up in contradictory local ordinances.
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