I'm against smoking bans - it should be up to the owner of said property, that's my take. There are some places that have gone non-smoking on their own, my wife LIKES those places (she hates cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.).
Southlake, the city next to us (Grapevine), instituted a smoking ban a few years ago. Within 6 months two restaurants went out of business, they had a heavy smoking crowd that "migrated" over to smoke-friendly Grapevine. It was literally like a light-switch, the day of the ban all of the smoking-allowed places in Grapevine became SMOKE city, the amount of smoke increased DRAMATICALLY! It was crazy, hey, more revenue for us!
fickman wrote: (major snippage for length)
I despise the smell of cigarettes.
It seems that most of the outrage is directed at cigarette smokers (although most cigar / pipe guys will tell you that they are not allowed in most places that allow cigarettes).