Teens take on Coal Run smokers

this is so stupid. i hope that all the youth leadership members know that they are going to get the crap beat out of them b/c of this stupid stuff. I am a smoker and i think that people have the right to smoke where ever they please. just so u know this is the stupidest thing that i have ever heard.

Yeah I agree, As a child of two parents that smokes, it don't bug me. But these kids is going to get it. They must remember that Pike Co. has more older people then young so. Plus I give a year before some or all the bussiness lost alot of customers over this.

I was a smoker for about 28 years. I stopped smoking almost nine years ago. I can not stand to smell cigarette smoke and it takes my breath away. People who do not smoke really do suffer being around others who do. I think we all should be more considerate of each others feelings.

I am glad there is a smoking ban in Pikeville restaraunts...such as Applebees now...I am a non-smoker and do not particularly care if people choose to pollute their bodies...but I do care if they cause harm to me...which is what happens from smoke exposure...if you want to smoke do it at your own home!

Pikeville Girl wrote:

I am glad there is a smoking ban in Pikeville restaraunts...such as Applebees now...I am a non-smoker and do not particularly care if people choose to pollute their bodies...but I do care if they cause harm to me...which is what happens from smoke exposure...if you want to smoke do it at your own home!

Do it at your home huh?? So If we go out of the house we cant? STFU...your clueless. People been smoking for years. These punks will get what coming to them...So you tell me what your going to tell a 80 yr old man to quit smoking because he is beisde you smoking and btw minding his own bussiness?!?!?!? Grow up!!!

i hope these kids continue their efforts its nice to go out to eat and not be overcome by other people stinky exhaust fumes from cigarettes .cigarette smoking is the nastiest habit ever and it not only hurts the smokers but also the innocent by standers i hate to see parents in theoir cars with the windows up puffing away with kids in there dont they see what they are doing to their kids or do they just not care? i applaud this ban !!! and support it 100%

i am a smoker. i have smoked since i was in the 7th grade. i am 29 now and i think it should be ok to smoke in restaraunts. every one of them should have a smoking and non-smoking section. i dont think its fair we should have to quit smoking just because some people think it smells bad or whatever. thats just like telling someone they cant eat a certain food because you dont like it no matter how much they enjoy it. just my opinion.

So another stupid smoking ban. Cigarettes kill. So do cars, I see we don't have ban on them. Car's produce more fumes then cigarettes. What about coal trucks? Who hasn't been behind a truck belching smoke. oops we need the cars and trucks to get around and coal for power. I thought this was a FREE country! If they can ban smoking, what else is next. I see that these kids have a real future in politics. They always love to tell the average citizen what they can and cannot do.

cant stand the smoke at applebees.but they serve drinks that inpair driving.avoid smoke then drive and be killed or worse kill someone else.lol.

dont like the smell of smoke at applebees,how do the drinks they serve smell?then get inpaired and drive get killed or worse kill someone else or a family.how much sense do we hillbillies have?

lets older smokers stand together and get a bann on their loud thumping music that we hear when they drive by our homes that dont sound good to our old ears.

My late great-grandfather smoked a pipe everyday since his 20s, his secretary on the other hand never smoked a day in her life. Who do you think died of lung cancer? Lung Cancer killed her, how you ask? From breathing in his smoke. Every year over 400,000 people die from smoking related illnesses, it's a fact that 642 Kentuckians who die from smoking-related illnesses each month. I was part of a group that traveled to Frankfort a few months ago to lay 642 pairs of shoes on the capitol steps to draw attention to this fact. And I can't help but wonder, how many smokers actually know what is in those cigarettes they light up? The stuff that is also in second hand smoke, which non smokers breath in. Well let's see, Ammonia--you clean your toilet with this. Acetone--nail polish remover. Arsenic--this is rat poison. Formaldehyde--used to preserve dead things. Tar-used to seal roofs and pave roads, the average smoker ingests a quart of this a year. That just some of the chemicals. As for those who say that there is a non-smoking section at places, theres no such thing. That's like having a peeing and a non-peeing section in a pool. Would you want to swim in pool like that? Not me. One in every five deaths are from a smoking related illness, such as cancer (of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas and kidney) and one in every three people will die from a smoking related illness. I'll end this by saying that smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the USA.