# Tobacco should be outlawed in all public places

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-should-be-outlawed-in-all-public-places/366158>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 26, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-should-be-outlawed-in-all-public-places/366158 "2006-07-26T21:21:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-should-be-outlawed-in-all-public-places/366158/161 "2006-08-01T12:34:48Z")

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[QUOTE=treis]  
So we give the staff respirators, problem solved?  
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No, but I could see the fairness involved in requiring all _smokers_ to wear sealed rebreathing masks that maintain a closed circulation of secondhand smoke.

True, such equipment might be bulky and uncomfortable for people who already find it too onerous to even walk a short distance to smoke outside, but the pleasure involved in getting an extra hit of smoke might outweigh the inconvenience of wearing the mask.

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