The smoking bans are pathetic and they are choking our nation's economy!
My favorite place to eat almost closed their doors after the first smoking ban in Maine in 2000.
The owner then invested in a very expensive liquor license and business started to boom again.
They then remodeled. The place is beautiful. 4 big ceiling air purifiers. Full menu. A beautiful glass enclosed non-smoking section. Sign on the entrance door "This is a smoking establishment. No one under 18 admitted without guardian."
It is a Sports Bar with the full computer golf game across the back wall; bunch of big TV's. Just beautiful.
But that still wasn't good enough for the state. A full no smoking ban went into effect a year ago January. I went once after the ban, was so miserable that I couldn't sit there like old times and enjoy the evening that I haven't put myself through that again.
And do you think the state will reimburse this business owner for spending his own money to be able to accommodate everyone? You can bet they will not.
I absolutely refuse to eat out in a no smoking establishment. Why should I spend my money for that personal abuse? No way!
And I miss it dearly.
>>>The owner then invested in a very expensive liquor license and business started to boom again.
Is this the back ended point then? Ban the smokes to force a liquor license to stay in business?