Hacking Away at Smoke-Filled Rooms

The Oklahoma Alliance on Health or Tobacco (yes, that’s a strange or, but whatever) will be holding a press conference to support  SB 1875, which would eliminate current exemptions that allow smoking to continue in some public establishments, including bars and smoking rooms in restaurants.  SB 1875 is authored by Sen. David Myers (R-Ponca City).

The press conference is scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday at VZD’s, 4200 N Western, and local, presumably tobacco-free musicians will perform following the press conference. Definitely not a black lung affair.

I know a lot of smoky friends of Staticblog will be hating this, but passage of these laws are as inevitable as the sunrise or sunset — just ask your friends living on the coasts. It’s also inevitable, ahem (cough-cough), that certain establishments that have not benefited from the exemptions might be pushing really, really hard to level the playing field. Right? Right?