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> I often wonder, when considering the effect of a (the) smoking ban
> on the bar businesses, only the NEGATIVE impact is considered. The
> story is always about the (hypothetical) ghastly huge terrible
> impact on those businesses from smokers who will no longer
patronize
> those establishments. What about the NONsmokers who will now be
more
> inclined to patronize those establishments now that they won't have
> to cope with cigarette smoke?
>
> I remember that I really liked the food at PT's Pubs, but I was
> dissuaded from going there to eat because I knew that I would have
> to inhale shit-clouds to get to and from the eating area, and that
> the smoke inevitably would drift into the eating areas. I also
might
> have gone there and enjoyed a beer while watching the football game-
-
> if not for the inevitability of someone next to me lighting up a
> stink-stick.
>
> TIME AND TIME again, actual practice has shown that banning smoking
> in a given establishment, whether it's a casino, bar, restaurant,
or
> brothel, INCREASES that establishment'
> business is one traditionally associated with smoking, such as---a
> casino, bar, or restaurant.
>
All people are creatures of habit. Smokers will learn to adapt to it
or just do their drinking at home. I personally have never smoked
but breathed in a lot of second hand smoke.
I think the people in charge (lawmakers) are finally listening to the
majority of us who don't smoke and are making laws that reflect the
majority.
GimmeaQuad
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