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[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by z12358

Wouldn't that (ex silk & gold ) have been also true for the bar regulars in NYC before the smoking ban?

only in the outerboroughs (Brooklyn, Staten Island), New Jersey and Lawng Island. Manhattan has become so yuppy its reaching an all time high. A serious crime hasn't been reported since last year when this 27 year old I-banker had her vespa parked around the corner from where she left in Soho by some prankster.
just the other day I withdrew $20,000 from the bank to pay my auto insurance for the next six months and I waved all that cash at everyone on the street and some people told me to stop begging and panhandling.

[SD987]

Medicare should not pay for your future treatment and private insurance rates should be raised for 'high risk' policy holders, much like driving.

Insurers already charge more for individual "high risk" (read smokers) policy holders. Group rates of course, generally do not. However, I'd be careful advocating selective underwriting of health coverage at the discretion of insurers based on perceived "high risks" , that's a slippery slope.

In defense of casinos, I'd say that if one considers the number of smokers in Vegas (where it seems like 1 in 3 persons is smoking at a given time, no matter where you go) the casinos have done a remarkable job through ventilation and air filtration to make the air quality as good as possible.