No Smoking at Six Flags.

Thank god!

But I'm sure people will just go past it, considering my home park is SFA and the entire park is full of punk's that don't follow the rules as it is already.

*** Edited 1/19/2006 8:20:50 PM UTC by Colin Fisher***

We don't institute the taxes or a ban, our wonderful elected officials do. Now how do you get them not to institute a tax or a ban, you talk to your wonderful elected official and tell them how you stand if enough people let their voices be heard the official might see it in his best interest to vote one way or the other.

Now the funny thing is that tobacco companies are not fighting these bans with the millions of dollars that they pump into political action committees to influence laws. I mean if you want to sell more of your product wouldn't you think you would fight against the things that could cost you a lot of profits? I guess they have decided that their product has addicted enough people and they don't need to be addicting more people.

Yes I agree with the people who smoke and say it is hard to quit.

I also agree with the asthmatic who says it will affect them if you smoke near them in line. On a midway they can walk to a different area of the midway but in a line they are stuck where they are.

I'd like to see how they're gonna enforce this one,PKD's system wasn't all that good as the signs are so small & not easily marked in some areas.

What's worse about PKD's system is if you look on the map for the designated area,then actually try to find it you find that in most cases the maps are incorrectly showing the designated area....the easiest one to find is the one over by FOF.

Since paramount implimented the rule just last season there's no way to know for sure if it'll be in place this year,they might've gotten such a negative reaction from smokers who chose to leave the park or not patronize it at all that created a loss of revenue which couldn't easily be offset by the number of non smokers entering the gates.

About confronting smokers in ride queues I wouldn't recomend it,I did so last season & nearly got into a huge fight over it with someone in the Batwing queue.

Lord Gonchar, are you staying out of this one?

If they don't enforce the policy (much like the no smoking in line policy) it won't make a lick of difference.

Also, regardless of the "ethics" behind the issue, if it's a business decision and it makes the park a profit, then who can complain? There aren't many corporations who do things because they're right and not because they're profitable. (Which is sad in it's own way).

Vote with your money and your trip to guest relations.

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delan said:
Lord Gonchar, are you staying out of this one?

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Is it that obvious? :)

Im staying out of this one, Personally Im sick of listening to all the people who will give up any rights they have for the smallest of reasons.

Chuck, a smoker, Who has no problem with this policy if enough areas are provided.

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BATWING FAN SFA said:

About confronting smokers in ride queues I wouldn't recomend it,I did so last season & nearly got into a huge fight over it with someone in the Batwing queue.

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I've actually had fairly pleasant/neutral experiences asking people to stop. The problem is that even if there are 20 people who are really pissed off about the smoke, none of them will say anything because they don't want to cause trouble. I figure I'm just going to be the one to speak up for the 20.

DragonFrost,

In the case of Chicago, ONE elected offical voted nay to the smoking ban. I think it was 49-1.

I would have to disagree with the notion that tobacco companies feel they have enough addicted people and don't need to add more.

On a humerous note, if Six Flags implements a "No re-entry" policy and a "no smoking" policy, I'd have to bet you'll see a bunch of us smokers WIDE EYED, shaking, and pretty much going insane.

nick smith

As a reformed smoker, I really don't know what the problem is. Yes it was hard to quit, but its all a matter of will power. I realized I didn't want to always be short of breath and smelling like an ashtray.

I also agree highly with this policy, as long as there are designated smoking areas outside of the main paths and childrens areas. The last thing I want to do while waiting in line, or sitting eating is breath someone elses smoke.

If smoking is banned at SFKK, does that mean all three non-smokers in Louisville get to have the park to themselves, to the point of op'ing their own rides?

:)

There's not much else other than the gay people topic that stirs up quite the controversy as smoking does.

I've never really had a problem with smokers in line at any amusement park let alone a Six Flags. Most smokers are polite enough to police themselves and contain their smoking to an area where it won't bother other people instead of firing one up in line.

If the whole park goes smoke-free that is kinda rediculous IMO. Give 'em a break and create a smoking area off to the side that's convienently located in several areas of the park and that'll be fine with me. It just seems to be a bit over the top to say no smoking throughout the entire park. (once again IMO )

btw, I'm not a smoker. Just a person that hates seeing anyones freedoms taken away at a place where your supposed to be able to relax and have fun.

They are going to have smoking areas:

"Designating specific smoking zones will allow for a cleaner, friendlier park atmosphere where families can enjoy spending their day."

And that seems fair to me. At most parks, it's the opposite: smoking with a few non-smoking zones that aren't well enforced.

My problem with the smoker's mentality is that they essentially say: I want to do it, so deal with it.

Hey, I can do that, too! I want to shoot you, so deal with it. I want to grab your head and fart on it, so deal with it. I want to look your girlfriend up and down, so deal with it.

It's a lot of fun, isn't it?

My problem with the non-smoker mentality is that they essentially say - I don't want you to do it, so deal with it.

Apparently it is a lot of fun. :)

(I tried, I really did. Sigh.)

Ah, but Gonch, not doing it doesn't inflict my habit onto other people. Big difference. It's just a matter of people thinking that the only person that matters is themselves.

If you want to smoke, just smoke in one of the smoking zones. I don't think that's so hard, and it seems like a good compromise. Whether or not it's harmful, smoking bothers me quite a bit and my girlfriend has a hard time breathing around smoke. So go ahead and smoke all you want, just please respect those that choose not to by doing it in the designated areas. If you want a beer at a park, you have to drink it in certain areas, yet no one seems bothered by that.

The only time the smoking areas bother me is when parents have their kids sitting in it with them. *** Edited 1/19/2006 11:25:03 PM UTC by GoliathKills***

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It's just a matter of people thinking that the only person that matters is themselves.

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My thoughts exactly.

I do not have a problem with people smoking. I personally am a non-smoker. I do not see why some smokers have no desire to compromise. I see no problem with having a smoke-free park with smoking areas. Will somebody please explain why this is a bad decision? By the way, the park does not need to announce it over the PA system. How many people smoke outside of the smoking areas at Holiday World? I go to Holiday World a lot and I do not see many people smoking outside of the areas, and I have never heard them announce over the PA about not smoking. Come to think of it, I do not hear anything but music through the PA most of the time.

I've got no problem smoking in the designated areas. I just hope that they have an adequate amount located throughout the park that are easy to find.

The first thing I did when this thread was started was to make sure they were going to have these areas. Could you imagine if they said no smoking in the park period, and you can't re-enter. Now that would ruffle my feathers enough to blow smoke right into the guest relations booth. But it doesn't appear that I will have to resort to that. ;)

I have no problem with companies choosing to go no-smoking. I DO have a problem with cities, municipalities, counties, etc... that impose a smoking ban on independant businesses. If I own a bar, and I want it to be a smoking establishment, then it should be. I have a problem with government telling me that I can't even smoke in my own building.

Mike, the 2-packs a week smoker and just fine with it