The New Jersey Assembly on Monday passed 64-12 a measure which would ban smoking in almost all of the state’s bars, restaurants and other indoor areas, except for — you’ll love this — casino gaming areas.
A last-minute attempt to kill the bill by Assemblymen Joe Cryan and Neil Cohen, D-Union, failed, and Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey, who is set to leave office this month, said he would sign the bill.
It had previously been passed by the New Jersey Senate.
“This is a bad bill for business,” Cryan, whose family owns a restaurant affected by the ban, told the North JerseyRecord.
Tom Schmierer, vice chairman of the New Jersey Restaurant Association, said that because nearly two-thirds of the state’s restaurants were already smoke-free, a ban was largely unnecessary.
“So this has already been dealt with for years by us, and it’s been fixed to an extent,” he said, adding that the ban was “a solution in search of a problem.” — New York Times
“It’s pretty much saying, ‘We don’t care about small businesses in New Jersey,’” said Clifton bar owner Melissa Fitzgerald.
The Assembly also passed a measure which would raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 19.
Well, there goes New Jersey. This is horrible for small businesses, many of which will almost certainly have to close in the face of this measure, and wonderful for the casinos, where many smokers will no doubt go and wind up gambling away their money, because the gaming tables are the only places left in the state where you can smoke.
Of course, anyone with any sense would have long since left the state, since it’s not much better than a toxic waste dump, but if you’re still there, it’s time to leave.
Update: Codey did indeed sign S1926, the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act into law on January 15.
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Nikki
Jan 10, 2006
Actually I don’t think it’s bad for business..it worked out quite well in NYC, I have not seen a significant drop in people going out in NY as an effect of smoking ban….as for casinos…remember there are people who just don’t like gambling…I’m a smoker and it’s not like I’m going to drive to AC to smoke, that’s the stupidest thing I ever heard
Klaus
Jan 10, 2006
Reminds me of the prohibition.
stranger
Jan 10, 2006
nikki – that may be what you’ve “seen,” but in a recent trip to NYC i spoke with many bar owners and tenders who told me that in the wake of the ban going into effect there a couple of years ago, they had seen a large decrease in revenues, which is only now slowly building back up. as a smoker myself, i have to say that i for one much prefer to spend $7 on a 6-pack of beer and stay home where i can smoke, rather than go to a bar where *each* beer is $7 and i have to go stand in the cold to appease my nic-fit.
Magus
Jan 11, 2006
As a non-smoker, I can say that the total amount of money that I spend in bars in NYC has increased dramatically as a direct result of the ban. I used to all but refuse to hang out with friends in bars because every time I did so the atmosphere was unpleasant to the point that I couldn’t enjoy myself. Now that I know they won’t be smoke-filled, I consider them a reasonable option.
@stranger: The $7 bit is a red herring. There was always a cost differential between drinking at home and drinking at a bar. The difference is that the perceived value of drinking at a bar has gone down for you (because you can’t smoke there), so your evaluation has changed. Assuming you are, in fact, stating that you spend less money at bars as a result of the ban than you did prior to it?
@Michael: You say this is bad for small businesses. Why do you feel small businesses are hit harder than large businesses by a smoking ban? (Leaving aside the obvious, but completely different, comparison between small bars and large casinos. It’s ridiculous that the casinos are treated differently by the bill.)
Juliette Allen
Jan 12, 2006
Does this include the platforms where passengers/commuters & others wait for the trains & buses in an enclosed area? Even though the area where the trains pull in is an open area, the actual platform is enclosed, but open to the extent that there are no walls completely surrounding the platform. There is an glass overhead enclosure, as well as shops/businesses and other buildings within this area. Does this fall under the language “An indoor public place is a privately owned enclosed area that is generally accessible to the public . . .” as outlined in the Statute? Please advise. Thank you.
John
Jan 12, 2006
Dear stranger (comment #3)- Good! Stay home and poison yourself. On behalf of those of us who don’t want to stink, wheeze, cough, and die young, gasping for our last breath, enjoy yourself at home – party it up!
Ray Benoist
Jan 16, 2006
I am a restaurant operator and not a smoker. This new law really gives the casinos an unfair advantage. Thank god I do not operate a restaurant/bar near a casino as this would be a real problem. I would have rather seen a law that allows smoking in all bars, not just casino bars, or no smoking at all.
maria
Jan 18, 2006
I feel that the New Jersey Smoking Ban was totally unnecessary since the choice has been in affect for a while. The choice of smoking or non-smoking dining is yours and mine to choose. Everyone has a right, by making this law it takes away the rights of a huge population of the state, yet it excludes the Casino’s which tells me it is all about $$$ and not really what it seems to be. What New Jersey should have done is require stricter ventilation in smoking restaurants or bars and still allow the restaurant or bar owner to also have his right of choice in his establishment. This is like a dictatorship, the state wants to hold its children by the hand and say no, no but we are adults and cigarettes are a legal substance, just as alcohol is. Soon we will be on the curb having a beer because that won’t be allowed in restaurants or bars anymore, it has to stop because it will never end….. I support the Restuarant Associations arguement and hope that this will make the difference to find an agreeable solution if it is not too late…Politicians should keep their nose out of these things and worry about the finances and security of this state….
Vinny
Jan 20, 2006
New Jersey, the Fourth Reich. At what point will our State government finally stop intruding into the ;iberties of individuals and businesses. When dod new Jersey tske over my mother’s job of nagging me and telling me what to do for my own good. This law is ridiculous and we (smokers) should fight this in every way possible. At the ripe old age of 50 I am now considering becoming a “criminal” and breaking the law by getting my cigarettes from out-of-state sources in order to both save a fortune personally and to deny the state my hard-earned money which it seems to use to harrass me. Why supply the enemy with ammunition? I also plan to vote against every one of my representatives in ther next elections. they do not represent me. All New Jersey wants is my money and I am no longer willing to give it to them. This stste has some serious problems and instead of our “elected representatives” addressing them, they look to harras smokers and say they are doing our job. Smokers must begin organizing, boycotting, voting, and lobbying as smokers. We must start practicing civil disobediance just like any other oppressed minority in this country. When politicians begin to see They’ve stirred up a hornet’s nest, they just might back off. If smokers just grin and bear it, we’ve lost. Remember, this country had a revolution over this. Remember the famous line”Taxation without representation is Tyranny”? Well that’s just what this is about. We are being taxed beyond endurence and yet we have no one speaking for us. Do not buy cigarettes in this state. Do not patronize bars that ban smoking before the law goes into effect. Write your representatives amd vote against them in the elections. Time to fight!!!!!
non smoker
Jan 21, 2006
i am glad they passed the nj ban on smoking i have 9 family members die of lung cancer man what a sight to see your love ones die a horrible death like this looking at there black dirty cancer ridden lungs how horrible a sight to see i could never understand the difference between smoking section of a resturant or bar and the none smoking is there an invisible wall i dont see how effective that was in mefrom taking in the smoke. my solution to this is making an enclosed smokers lounge with a good filter system and let them filty sinky smokers smoke there brains until there lungs turn into this black rubbery filty tissue but we as people should be given that right to kill ourselfs i have not objection to people killing themselves from smoking but when these people develope lung cancer or get sometype of lung disease from smoking we should not treat them medically and waste our precious resourses on them let them help each other smoke till you drop they seem not to care why should anyone else care then that is one choice but we should not have to pay for there unhealty indulgences
Electric Lady
Jan 21, 2006
Maybe I missed it being discussed, but it seems to me that the point is that access to gambling is being made attractive to smokers. Wonder who thought out this interesting lure? Do you think it was a plot to encourage smokers to kill themselves while they go bust? Or was it maybe someone to gain from this rather than someone trying to proctect non-smokers in other bars?
Non-Smoker
Jan 24, 2006
HOORAH! It’s about time NJ passed ban on indoor smoking. I have suffered growing up in a smoking enviorment. Now, I am living on my own, yet I am still suffering with public Smokers. I cannot enjoy my time out in public without coming home, smelling like a smoke stink! Soon, I will not be suffering anymore and FINALLY ENJOY a smoke-free enviorment everywhere. Now, I am hearing smokers complaining about their rights. They are so thoughtless! What about us, Non-smokers?!?! Where is our rights? We are suffering being “Second-hand smokers” from thoughtless Smokers! It’s not fair for us, Non-smokers, who are suffering by no choice. This has gone long enough. Now it’s Smokers turn to suffer with Smoking Ban!
Non-Smoker
Jan 24, 2006
Once again… HOOOOORRRAAHHHHH! NO MORE INDOOR SMOKING!
nicholas cicco
Jan 25, 2006
need copy of new law no smoking signed by gov. codey
SMOKER
Jan 25, 2006
You know, everyone here is complaining about cigarette smoke when it should be the least of your worries. Take obesity for example. Should all resturants shut down and stop serving fatty foods to customers? Since obesity is killing just as many citizens? Who cares if you have to smell the smoke of a ciggarette, you may have to walk by someone who just smells period! Being a waitress, I would rather serve smokers than non smokers because you non smokers have absolutely no patience or manners. Maybe you should try taking a drag or two to calm yourselves down! All of us breath in harzardous things everyday, pollution from cars and factories, but i still see people driving cars everyday. I just believe everyone needs to just calm down and re-evaluate what they should really be crying over.
c
Feb 01, 2006
There is a little tavern down the street, old, worn out, like you are walking into the past. No food.(except for the bags of chips for a quarter) There’s an old pool table, not even a dart board. Little old men come and talk with each other, they may be drunks, they may be veterans,they may be veteran drunks. They have been through the mill. On 4-20-2006 they won’t be able to do what keeps them going. What a sad day for America. 1984 is here.
S.A.T.
Feb 17, 2006
I am a nonsmoker but firmly believe in a persons right to choose. I think that the state should not be allowed to strip us of our rights. A more logical solution would have been to set standards for adequate ventalation and still maintain seperate seating for nonsmokers. Banning smoking from all bars and restaurants is going to hurt if not destroy a lot of small businesses. Smoking is legal and if one chooses to do so, they should have the freedom to do so.
HC
Feb 24, 2006
All the complaining for what? Because you can’t smoke indoors anymore. Boohoo to you, maybe you enjoy inhaling ammonia, animal urine and other things, but most people don,t. NJ’s small business won’t be affected badly as most claim, all the Jerseyites who flock to NY for “smoke free” fun and enjoyment at a bar, will now be able to stay local and enjoy themselves with out smelling like a chimmeny. Sure smokers have rights, no one is denying them to you, but you also need to consider the state as a whole not just your own little world.
Michael Hampton
Feb 24, 2006
Smoking indoors is a secondary issue.
The primary issue here is that businesses no longer have control of their own businesses, which means prices are going to go up, customers are going to go down, and a few places may well go out of business.
Ken( American Legion)
Mar 16, 2006
I am a American Legion Commander in New Jersey (Bergen County)and a non smoker. American Legion Posts are not open to the general public and should be allowed to smoke if it pleases our veterans and their guest. Why should the casinos have the pleasure of smoking? Why not our veterans? The hell with the casinos they are no better then anyone else in the State of New Jersey. Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.
Diana
Apr 06, 2006
Oh my gosh! You all are missing the point! FREEDOM!!! FREEDOM to choose!!! FAIRNESS!! Not that life is fair, but at least OUR government should try!
If I purchase a BUILDING which i legally own, legally obtain necessary licenses for and my main objective is to make money…. it should be MY choice/decision if I want smoking prohibited or not. It’s MY INVESTMENT! Smoking cigarettes or cigars is LEGAL!!!! It is legal to manufacture, distribute and sell within the legal age limit. I/YOU bought the business to MAKE MONEY!!!!
Employees, they have the option to work in the environment! CHOICE/DECISION!!! FREEDOM!!!
It is my blood, sweat and tears that purchased that building… that BUSINESS.
If it’s so lucrative to BAN SMOKING… then why didn’t all the BUSINESS OWNERS do it on their OWN?
AND ON TOP OF IT ALL…. it’s SELECTIVE!!! Yeah, imagine that… cuz if you have LOTS of MONEY and your own LOBBY…. you aren’t even included!!! Laughing stock of the United States… that’s what we are. FAIR? what is FAIR? DOLLAR SIGNS!!! How’s it feel to know you live in a state that’s BOUGHT OFF!!! PUBLICALY!!!! LOL, LOL!! It’s a DISGRACE and I’m ashamed of OUR NEW JERSEY STATE!!!! Casino’s… yes, let’s all go and support them.. cuz they are privileged!!!! They are special… EXEMPT! AND the best part… no one cares about the 50k employees at the casinos… hmmmmm????
I think the next step in our FAIR STATE… we should ban walking, driving, or visibly carrying BOTTLED WATER! We, the people, don’t know what’s REALLY in that bottle! Clear alcohol, liquid bomb? What if someone is allergic to it and you throw it on them… Maybe this isn’t the greatest example… but the fact is, what will the ALL MIGHY GREAT STATES OF AMERICA do next… FREEDOM… HOG WASH!!!!
I can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a business… my OWN BUILDING and the GOVERNMENT is going to tell me if I can allow smoking or not. They are going to tell the OWNER if he/she can smoke in a building they purchased!!!
AND … to top it off… get caught smoking the first time… and you will pay $250 dollars, then $500, then One Thousand!!! TWO HUNDRED and FIFTY DOLLARS the first time!! I can get caught with an ILLEGAL drug and the fine is LESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, fairness, payment to equate the crime… so much for being “CREATED EQUAL”… Work hard, be fair, choice, freedom… nah, DOLLAR SIGNS AND POWER!!! It’s all about DOLLAR SIGNS AND POWER!
and here’s one other small but very important point… I decide to stop for a couple of drinks with a friend. I’m at the bar. I have a drink in front of me and decide I want to go for a cigarette. I have to go outside. I’m not leaving my drink unattended and I’m not going outside BY MYSELF. So I have my friend go with me.. I can’t take my drink with me.. so I leave the drink, leave the bar to go have a cigarette… I come back in and the bar is full. It’s a no win situation.
AND.. it’s great for the bar/restaurt/bowling alleys that have an area they can build a patio, balcony or some other structure to PROVIDE for the OUTDOOR smoking and what about the places that CAN’T… BOY, did WE just loose ALOT of business to our competitors!!!
Thanks NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVES for making our careers, business, and futures so EQUAL!!
Comment by Smoker
Apr 09, 2006
I agree with Diana and a lot of the other messages posted.
I am a smoker and a business owner. If a business has a designated smoking area, such as a bar or a separate dining room, then why shouldn’t it be allowed? What makes the casinos so special that they are exempted?
Has anyone heard about the law in Calabassas, California? (I’m not sure if it has passed already…) However, smoking is banned everywhere in this town and if you are outside (even on a sidewalk) smoking, you can be asked to put your cigarette out & if you don’t, you will be fined! Are you kidding me? What happened to the land of the free?
Michael Hampton
Apr 09, 2006
The land of the free went up in smoke several decades ago with the Raw Deal, er, excuse me, the New Deal.
Ray
Apr 09, 2006
Land of the FREE what ever!!! what happened to equal rights? As a smoker now i know what the slaves felt like we are all slaves in the U.S. no matter what the voter has to say it dosen’t matter. The government is like parents and we all are just little kids they say NO and we are supposed to jump and they can;t even tell us why ” just because they say so ” thats it… this smoke ban is pure
B.S it will hurt businesses in New Jersey business here jumped when New York pasted it now everyone will go to pa instead.. and with this tax on everything Jersey will be the high class state if you have money come here.. As far as gas our great president is getting richer with the oil and everyone else is going poor just working a second job to pay for gas… Land of the free its getting to be like Russia we do what they say or pay a fine so there pockets get fatter…….
Craig
Apr 13, 2006
Florida, New York, Minneapolis, California have all banned smoking from within public places. No, these ordinances will not affect the businesses who also cater to the non-smoker. There have been significant results within the younger generation to not include smoking in their lives. So, yes all businesses should be aware of what they will encounter in the future and kick the habit before things get worse. Though, It is not surprising at how naive these businesses are to the health problems smoking causes. If you are a business owner, DON”T WAIT FOR THE GOV’T TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE. KICK THE HABIT NOW.
TJ
Apr 17, 2006
This is for all the mindless drones who praise the smoking ban, Evidently you like being told by local government what you can, and cant do. Your feeding the the communist machine. Its not about smoking, its about giving up your right to freedom. Just wait until a new law comes into effect that prohibits you from living life the way you choose, then youll ask, “how can they do that?”. There is no such thing as private property in this god awful state. Heres a thought, how about our local government actually earns a part of their salary, and attack high fuel costs and taxes, that would be refreshing.
Lori
Apr 19, 2006
I want to know does this law affect American Legion and VFW clubs???
Justin
Apr 23, 2006
I’m 18 years old…I smoke and I enjoy it, I’m fully aware of the health risks and I choose to do it anyway…now I am being told, midway through my 18th year of life, that I can’t buy cigarettes anymore. This is rediculous. There isn’t even grandfathering involved. Just because I’m “a kid” I,m not important enough to have even a granfathering of a law. Well I’m old enough to be kicked out of my house and live on my own. I got into college and am financing it completely by myself, I work 3 jobs and I have a 3.6 GPA. If this doesnt make me mature enough to buy a pack of cigarretes I don’t know what would. The age restrictions are going to get more and more rediculous. I have been stripped of a right, I have been violated AND I will continue to smoke even if I have to go to NY to buy my cigarettes. WAY TO GO NJ!!! I HATE FREEDOM!!!
Laurent
May 25, 2006
Wow! I’m hearing a lot of banter and I seem to believe that we Americans are clashing at a dangerous worrysome level. Boils down to this. Most non smokers want to wipe the smokers off the map. Smokers are talking about their rights only. I haven’t seen much middle road thinking anymore about compromise, accomodation and tolerance.
The state needs to back out of this NOW! Let the people work out their own reginal smoking problems that would work best for everybody. Smokers should have a ventalated smoking area. Non smokers should have clean air. Tolerance and compromises can be done and will turn out to be much healthier than this stress and fighting.
The state wants total control of our lives. The best control they have is by dividing us against each other. Start a community cooperation effort, and take it up in the communities for a compromise and tell the state to go fly a kite. This is tyranny and both sides are in it.
Laurent
AC
Sep 22, 2006
In case any of you didn’t know, most people from Jersey don’t live in AC. In fact, it’s over an hour away from even Central Jersey. So if you think smoking is going to attract that many more people down to AC then you are just retarded. The fact is that people go out to be around people, not to smoke cigarettes. And also, lets not forget that you can always go outside and smoke a cigarette.
LC
Sep 28, 2006
Well AC, if you are talking about going outside to smoke in
Atlantic City, maybe you still can….but….right down the
road in Ocean City, who also has a ‘boardwalk’, smoking
outdoors now has some restrictions. I am hearing that you
can be fined on the spot if you light up and are standing in
the wrong place. Has anyone here given any thought to how
many Americans have died fighting in wars to protect your
individual FREEDOMS????? that you are supposed to have under
the Constitution of The United States Of America???? New Jersey
just spit on all those graves!!!!
Sam
Oct 23, 2006
What do you all expect?
The gov’t criminals telling you that you cannot smoke a cigarette in a bar are the same ones who will put you in prison for carrying a firearm to save your own life.
But NJ residents DESERVE this. They have been brain-washed into a liberal police-state mentality where one set of rules applies to the political masters in Trenton(and the police forces) and a different set of rules for the law abiding citizens.
This is why politicians and cops are allowed to bear firearms for self(and their family) protection and citizens are NOT.
erica
Jan 26, 2007
You poor, poor smokers keep crying your bloodshot eyes out. I grew up with a 2 pack a day father. I developed asthma at 12 and have suffered 3 episodes of a collapsing lungs. Non-smokers are sick and tired of breathing in your filthy, disgusting, smokey exhalations. If you want to kill yourselves slowly with nicotine poison – feel free. You will find yourselves crying th blues when YOU get sick. Oh – and wait until the medical bills start rolling in. I have no sympathy. It’s nice to finally go to a restaurand or bar and BREATHE!!!!!!
alison
Feb 07, 2007
how far from a public entrance of a building must a smoker stand when smoking
pat
May 01, 2007
ever notice that there were almost no nonsmoking only bars??? ever wonder why??? i know 3 nonsmokers who started nonsmoking bars all of which failed in less than 1 year from GASP! not enough people. i go to bars and know what all the owners i speak to say the same a drop of half of thier buisness so where are all these supposed nonsmokers that are going to flock to these places and save them?? at home where they were before becuase for most the smoke was a copout for why they didnt go nothing but an excuse because they dont like to go to bars!
how can you own a buisness like this and be told you cant smoke in there. I mean its like someone working at a toxic waste dump as a waste mover saying they have to remove all the toxic waste becuase its bad for them! get real you got a job at a bar that bar has smokers if that bothers you dont work there! you have the choice to not work there or not to go there! but now that choice has been removed for most of us and wow isnt it amazing that suddenlly bars with 50+ years of profitable operation are now dying out?? seems too much like cause and effect to me.
my normal sat dive is now almost empty where before the ban if you werent there by 8pm you didnt get a seat and had to stand. now i get there at 10 pm and i can sit where ever i like. too much of a coincidence for me to rule it out.
like i said cause and effect.
Anonymous
Jun 04, 2007
I watched my mom die of emphysema and my aunt and uncle both of cancer (related to smoking) and in their early 60s after many years of smoking. It was very hard. By the time they realized what they were doing to their bodies and stopped the damage was already done. You end up with a whole cut in your neck and struggeling for every breathe. Depending on a machine to breathe for you. As my mom laid on her death bed she begged me to help her, but there was nothing I could do. I couldn’t breathe for her. STOP NOW while you can still get fresh air into your lungs!! It’s not worth it.
Roger Perrella
Sep 07, 2007
The NJ Smoking Ban is totally adsurd! Restaurants OK but bars, come on, let’s get real! The only thing this ban has done (for me)is stopped my light drinking. Because I like to smoke when I watch TV sporting events, now I just say home. Unfortunately, no more bars for me.
New Jersey: Democracy to Dictatorship!!!
melisa
Oct 09, 2007
I live in a building on the 5th floor for 15years, last month 2 guys moved in on the 4th floor of my apt under me. They smoke at least 3packs a day and pretty much all the smoke goes into my apt. At 2 3 am they smoke, at 7 8 am they smoke and I can’t stand the cigarettes. Every time they smoke, I wake up. I try to prevent them that the cigarettes bother me and if they can go down to smoke, nothing happen.I try to call every agency in the nation,the police, the environment agency nothing they can do for me. My father past away of lung cancer at a very young age of 52, I am mentally starting to feel sick in my troat, my voice is changing (deeper. I don’t know what to do, I don’thave to mean to move out of my apartment that I love so much. I am silently suffering. I have great respect for their freedom and their right,but can someone help me deal with it or find a way out. The building owner don’t care, please please I miserable I just don’t know what to do. If any body can help me I ‘ll appreciate your feedback.
Melissa
Tom
Oct 14, 2007
Smoking should be totally up the the restaurant owner or the building owner. Who cares if you people don’t like to be around smoke…then don’t go their, no one is forcing you to go. If its up to the owner their wouldn’t be any problem, the owner will do what is best for their business and if you don’t like it tough. Thats what it should be, the owner of the building should have every right to make the smoking decision not the state. I am a non smoker myself and I hate being around smoke so I simply don’t go around it…
Ken
Dec 06, 2007
Is there a list of places that still allow smoking in NJ?
Davey boy smith
Dec 30, 2007
okay, smoking sucks in the first place so i really dont care, mountain do and a ptichfork will do me in fine, and im very sure it is much cheaper, considering i am not the one buying this crap and got the pitchfork from the woods, and for all of you that may be wondering, no, i do not hurt animals, and, i think that buissnesses that kill their customers would not be affected – tabacco companies – because they will smoke other where and if not, they will smoke less, but in a more stretched time period, because anything that you breeth in, is cancerous. i am only 16 in a few monthes but, im not a retarded retard
GlenGary
Dec 31, 2007
Alcohol has damaged and killed more people over the ages than cigarettes ever could hope to and banning alcohol…well, that’s a sacred cow. This thing is about Rights pure and simple, the right of the state to say you cannot eat this or that or smoke and it is a slippery slope when folks allow government to parent the masses.
We don’t need the government to parent us when they endorse putting the whole damned country on toxic prescription drugs or through loose laws say it;s OK for companies to poison our water, air, food supply and land!
We live in an increasingly fascist country.
Shawn
Feb 22, 2008
Actually its a pretty smart law. Children its a big help too
Fed up
Feb 17, 2010
I have a private business. I only accept appointments. I pay taxes, My clients come to me to rest and relax. 9 out of 10 of them smoke.
I have the right to bare arms but I cant smoke in my own freakin home or my PRIVATE workplace.
But I can bet my life no one would complain if I lit a joint.