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Smoke eaters, segregated dining and the posting of notices would seem to go a long way toward satisfying the legitimate concerns of folks who support these smoking ban laws. Have you learned of other steps that owners have taken to meet the prohibitionists halfway?

First off, they went from a Class B liquor license to a Class A. Which costs a lot of money.

They enclosed a big room with glass, for the non-smokers. The glass is gorgeous and the people who ever sit in there don't feel so closed in. They have a big screen TV in there and dart board games, etc., for the non-smokers.

In the bar area, they have the bar, and a lot of booths and tables where people can eat, drink and smoke. On the ceiling, there are 4 HUGE smoke eaters. I thought I heard that just one smoke eaters costs $2500 dollars.

On the door outside is that sign "This is a Smoking Establishment." They did EVERYTHING by the rules. But now, with a state forced smoking ban, who is going to reimburse them for all that money? Yea, you got it. NO ONE! It is all going down the toilet.

Forcing all the restaurants in Maine to go smoke free in 1999 wasn't good enough for them. They just HAD to go after the Bars, Taverns and the Sports Inns. They are all evil, IMHO. I bet the State House has a very foul odor coming from it. And it sure isn't the odor of smoke. Unless some heads are smoking from this LAW!