[DannyTN]

1) There are not enough antismoking zealots to support a nonsmoking restaurant.

That might actually be true. The smokers appear to be more zealous than non-smokers. I really expect to see more non-smoking restaurants.

Take the small town I'm in. Their are 4 restaurants and 2 pizza places. All 4 of the restaurants allow smoking as well as 1 of the pizza places. The other pizza place has a separate room for smokers. And I tend to get my food for take-out instead of sitting down in any of them except for the non-smoking pizza place.

But how can the non-smokers be successful in the use of governmental power unless the caring non-smokers are the majority.

I really don't understand why there aren't more non-smoking restaurants. I am surprised that the market doesn't enforce the majority of restaurants to go non-smoking, but there must be some market psychology that I don't understand.

[Just another Joe]

Maybe if there were more people like yourself that would make themselves known to the proprietors you might have a chance of getting one or two of the restaurants to go nonsmoking.

Oh, that's right, there are more nonsmokers that don't care.

I guess the market really does work, huh.

[Just another Joe]

But how can the non-smokers be successful in the use of governmental power unless the caring non-smokers are the majority.

Through the use of junk science and scare tactis.

[Mears]

Tennesee sounds like heaven to me,all those smoking restaurants that you mentioned in post #238.

[qam1]

I really don't understand why there aren't more non-smoking restaurants. I am surprised that the market doesn't enforce the majority of restaurants to go non-smoking, but there must be some market psychology that I don't understand.

Well there you go, If you think there is a market for a non-smoking establishments that's not being filled then instead of getting the government involved why don't you open your own non-smoking restaurant and/or bar?

That's another problem with total smoking bans, Places that were already non-smoking pre-ban are also hurt by the ban because they lose their niche.