There was a lot of argument at the public hearing against granting us our exemption. The predominant point that the opposition made is that smoking is bad for you, and therefore the town should not allow an establishment that encourages smoking. Our main argument is that smoking is a legal activity, smoking bars are legal in the state, and no one that did not specifically choose to enter a hookah lounge and make an informed adult decision to smoke would be subject to any smoke at all. The Board of Health is required to regulate public health. They have done so by making sure that no one no willing to smoke will be subject to a health hazard. It should not be their place to regulate the personal decisions of adults regarding something that is legal everywhere else. Please feel free to contact us for any additional information that you want in order to form an opinion on this matter. The Board of Health is still accepting input on this subject until the 19th of November. You can still make a difference!

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Message (Please Customize) *	I would like to express my support for the proposed hookah lounge exemption. These establishments are legal according to state law, and I support the rights of individuals to make their own decisions providing that the decisions do not affect others. Please vote on the side of freedom, as you did earlier this year, and as I hope my government always will.
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