No smoking in bars and restaurants in CA for a loooong time. It's not so bad, but it does make me long for the days when a cigarette after a meal or a cigarette sitting in the bar with your beer was OK. That's why it's so much fun to go to a state where you can smoke.
My favorite pub has a bar where you can smoke on the patio, though.
I'm a non-smoker, aside from a (very) occasional fine cigar.
What bothers me about these laws is the lack of respect governments show for private property.
For now, for now. Give the safety Nazis a little time and they will get to that as well.
One of the reasons we moved to NC last year.
Patio? Try Maine,Masssachusetts,and New York in January.
I LOVE it in California with the no-smoking law. Europe is like one big ash tray.
There's a loophole to the California law... a bar or restaurant where everybody is a part-owner (therefore there are no employees) is exempted.