What do you think of the passage of the smoking ban?
November 24, 2008 · Updated 7:13 PM
``It's wonderful -- I quit smoking years ago, and I feel sorry for anyone who can't quit.''
Carol Grear
Mercer Island
Retired Boeing employee
``I think it's great. I don't think employees should be subject to second-hand smoke.''
Christine Robertson
Mercer Island
Retired physician
``It's bad. I'm a smoker and I wish I could quit but I can't.''
Dale Chodorowski
Spokane
Construction worker
``I think it is good. Second-hand smoke is bad, that's what they taught us in school.''
Nathan Wong
Student
Mercer Island
``It's ridiculous! I don't think that the government should be able to regulate what we can do.''
John Barlie
Redmond
Painting contractor
``I think it is great, I'm allergic to smoke.''
Don Bolog
Bothell
QFC employee
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