That’s one of the nice things about Detroit. It may be illegal to smoke in bars but most of the local bar owners ignore the law and the police don’t waste time enforcing it.
The smoking ban killed many NJ bars; there were a few that ignored it, and I don’t think there were any consequences. As one barmaid said when I was stepping out one night to have a smoke (I didn’t want them to get a fine on my account): “The Board of Health works nine to five”. At that point I realized that they had ashtrays all along the bar...
I actually don’t have a problem with the ban in public places (including bars open to the public), but private clubs should have been exempt.
My brother and friends from back east in NJ all lived in Caliphornia for a time. When I visited, they had recently rolled out this no smoking in bars thing... and the way they dealt with it was to put Altoids tins out on the bar so if the PoPo showed up you snuffed out your cig and closed up the tin.
The smoking ban in NJ bars ended my time going out to my favorite bar and grill...