But for my own sake? I can’t stand smoking in bars and clubs and restaurants and I want it to stop—personally, I hope the police the don’t abuse 901, but I can’t say as I much care. I think smoking should be banned on streets, in parks, on beaches—I’m the original anti-smoking Nazi. But mine is the minority opinion at the Stranger.

Dan, I’m not sure if you are in the minority (as far as the Stranger goes) on this one…Dave Segal and I have been very vocal in the forums about wanting a smoking ban to go into place in this city. I wouldn’t ban it on the streets, parks, etc. but I agree with you in that I hope both that the police don’t abuse the rule and I hope we get a smoking ban in place here ASAP. I’ve been back and forth on the issue of how 901 was written, and I’ve been thinking about both sides there, but not wanting to get sick from being in so much cigarette smoke in contained spaces (rock clubs) is a big issue for me.