SALT LAKE CITY FAMILY HYPNOSIS: The Utah Smoking Ban is a good thing......forhypnotistslike me!

Just kidding (actually hypnotism is the proven best method for quitting. Call me if you want to quit), although having just relocated to SLC (the Avenues) after living in L.A. and Orange County for the last 6 years (California had a ban on smoking 12 years prior to Utah's adoption of the measure) I am a bit relieved.

Having been perhaps an all too regular bar patron prior to fatherhood, I want to assure bar owners that banning smoking is a good thing. Here's why:

One, your non-smoking staff won't die of second-hand smoke (if you care).

Two, your non-smoking patrons won't die of second-hand smoke (crucial for that all important "lifetime customer value").

Three, perhaps you will influence a hard-core smoker (or even casual smoker) to stop a self-destructive habit that can only end in emphysema, lung cancer, or some other god-awful form of slow death.

Now if we could do something to help people actually take action to lose weight... I mean more than half of Utah adults are overweight or obese (59.5%) and a whopping estimated 21.5% of elementary school students were overweight or at risk of becoming overweight...
 

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