If there was actually a real demand for smoke-free bars, someone would have opened one, gotten very rich, and spawned the latest hot business trend.
Obviously the demand was subzero.
And that is why the lawmakers want to make each state smoke free. The level playing field, they call it.
Before New Jersey was forced into a smoking ban, they yelled across the river to the New Yorkers "Hurry to our side!" All the New Yorkers who smoked were able to take their money to New Jersey. But that didn't last long either.
The anti's took over New Jersey as well.