Smoking & Sex Go Hand in Hand

[FlippiN.af]

There's the link...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/australia_brothels_dc

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian brothel owners want an exemption to anti-smoking laws for sex workers and their clients because, they say, one thing leads to another.
Newspapers reported Sunday that the Australian Adult Entertainment Industry had written to Victoria state officials seeking an exemption to laws which ban smoking in workplaces for fear they will drive prostitutes back onto the street.
"People smoke when they drink, and people smoke when they fornicate," the industry group's William Albon was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press.
Smoking is banned in most public buildings across Australia and will be outlawed in hotels and other licensed premises in Victoria in July.
Albon said the ban would force "men, women and transgender persons" who work as prostitutes out of the state's 87 legal brothels and onto the streets, where they could potentially become targets for violence.
"Having them standing dressed in terms not conventional for the street might be a magnet for violent, anti-social behavior," he said.

Sorry if it's a re-post.

[fredjacksonsan]

Seems to me it's the same argument that bar/restaurant owners try to make about smoking: that if it's not allowed, they'll lose business.

Like people will stop visiting a brothel because they're not allowed to smoke inside.

[thecackster]

ya, i agree...they will just step outside. I doubt it matters that much.

[fredjacksonsan]

old joke:

"Do you smoke after sex?"

"I don't know, I never checked!"

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan

old joke:

"Do you smoke after sex?"

"I don't know, I never checked!"

Or

"What do you do when your partner starts smoking during sex?

"You slow down"

[2.2 Straight six]

when i used to smoke i could never smoke indoors, inhaling the warm air with the smoke is soo nasty. i could only ever smoke outside. winter morning were the best...


...oh back in the day...

[beef_bourito]

meh, they're filth, they don't have rights.

but anyways, i think it's better to have them inside than outside. when they're outside they make a city look terrible. they disgust me.

[RickwithaTbird]

no way... no smoking in a brothel. That would ruin their healthy lifestyle.

[Oz]

Let em do whatever the fuck they want, I couldn't give a shit.

I'm sick of the fucking government dictating what we will and won't do, particularly in private.

[Muscletang]

I usually don't have a smoke after sex but the neighbors do...