I don’t think it matters much what state you’re in anymore. They just banned smoking in restaurants and bars here in North Carolina. NORTH FRIKKIN’ CAROLINA!! Tobacco is still our number 1 industry!
What’s hilarious is that, here, the restaurant owners were all for it, just so long as private clubs were included. Now, the only places that are exempted are cigar bars and country clubs. It’s nice to know that if you’re rich enough to be a member of a country club or smoke cigars regularly, you can smoke all you want. The rest of us, on the other hand, need to be protected from ourselves.
>>The rest of us, on the other hand, need to be protected from ourselves.
Like in NYC, Bloomputz banning beer, but not wine in public parks.
What an elitist schmuck.
All your other points are bang on. There wasn’t a smoking restaurtant left around here in MA, but the ban was just a twisting of the knife....bars, niteclubs. livemusic joints etc.
It also took place during good economic times. We’ll see the ramifications as the economy continues its nosedive.
And Boston just banned cigar bars too; never went into one, found the idea kinda boring, since there’s no entertainment or music or nothing. You just sit and puff.
That’s why I find the owner of the Rattlesnake so pathetic. And the city ain’t gonna back down.