"It starts off pretending to just give us health related info and next thing you know you are standing in the rain next to a dumpster trying to have a smoke."
And your standing next to the owner of the business and his employees, not because he decided it would be more profitable, but because he was forced outside with his customers.
This is a really touchy issue. What can a business owner do? Even if he wasn't forced to do this by law, he would still alienate a huge amount of non-smokers if he didn't accomodate their wishes. As smokers, we are in the minority. Actually, we seem to be one of the few minorities where it okay by the gov't to hate us.