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Assume that your local municipality is considering the passage of a law that  would prohibit the sale of all tobacco products from the interiors of bars and restaurants but  not grocery stores

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Assume that your local municipality is considering the passage of a law that 

would prohibit the sale of all tobacco products from the interiors of bars and restaurants but 

not grocery stores. The restaurant you manage has a cocktail lounge, and cigarettes are 

both consumed and sold in that section of your restaurant. There is no current effort to 

prohibit smoking in cocktail lounges such as the one you operate. You are considering 

whether to address the local government body charged with creating such legislation:

1. What are the major considerations you will think about before you decide to support or 

oppose the proposed legislation?

2. Will the fact that you do or do not smoke influence your position?

3. Which ethical issues are in play here?