I responded to a post by someone who called the governments ban a taking and they asserted that it was the restaurateurs right to make such a decision. I noted the degree to which the government had already usurped the owners decision making rights to a considerable degree. I thought the point would have been obvious.
And I asked you a specific question which you chose not to answer.
There are many rules/regulations/laws a small business must adhere to - but I've got a problem with them being changed AFTER the business has already established it's clientele. That is EXACTLY what smoking bans do.