Smoking Band in Iowa!

I was just sitting in bed one night and just started getting really mad about the things I have to do as a bartender. Like making sure no one is over served, now one in under age, and no one gets into a fight, so on and so on. But now they put this can't smoke in a bar band, which is one more thing that I have to watch because I could get fined. So the more I thought about it the more I got mad, because I'm dealing with people that are grown adults and can make decisions for themselves. Anyway here's what I'm writing to the Telegragh Hearld if I can get down to 250 words which is hard because I need every word in the letter to make my point. Not that this letter will help anything, but it makes me feel better.

A Little Note From A Bartender...

My family has owned a neighborhood bar since the 1940's. Many smart wonderful people have come through that door. We have men and women who served OUR COUNTRY in every different war, we have had law officers, respected people of our communities, and many others that are old enough to make decisions on their lives. As for me, I'm not a smoker, and lord knows I'm not a writer, but I do know this, in America, home of the free, it's not right that I have to be the one to tell these people NO, you can't smoke in here, go outside. These people who smoke can vote for the next person to run our country but they can't come in and relax BY CHOICE. These people who smoke can FIGHT for our country but they can't come in and relax BY CHOICE. These people who smoke can run a successful business but they can not come in and relax. Don't get me wrong I enjoy going home after work and not smelling like smoke, but I make the CHOICE to have a life that is around the people who smoke. I just think that the business should be able to decide. Then the smokers and non smokers have a CHOICE to go where they want to. Each and everyone of us could die tomorrow and by chance it could be lung cancer, but odds are it will be something else. I don't feel it is my job to tell these people that are hard working AMERICANS that they need to go outside to relax and smoke because SOME (mind you some) feel you are killing them with seconded hand smoke. If you talk to half the non smokers that come in to our bar they feel it's not right. I know things won't change but I feel that it should be up to the business.