[Treebeard]

Oklahoma's non smoking laws took effect on Friday, and we went out to eat twice over the holiday. It was really interesting to watch the developing dynamic. We were immediately seated in the bar and got to watch all the "regulars" come in, some with cigarette already out of the pack, told that Red Lobster was total non-smoking. Some unkind exchanges did occur.

The way the law is written, if an establishment has a smoking section, it almost has to be a separate building, where there is NO chance of smoke entering an area where it's not supposed to be. Restaurants can go total NON, total smoking, or "provisional non-smoking" which means they have to jump thru a lot of hoops in keeping smokers and their smoke absolutely isolated from the rest.

[metesky]

Nothing personal, but I suppose being in Oklahoma, you think Red Lobster is a seafood restaurant.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

That would be like me, being in Maine, thinking that Sizzler was a Kansas City steak house.

[Max McGarrity]

Restaurants can go total NON, total smoking, or "provisional non-smoking" which means they have to jump thru a lot of hoops in keeping smokers and their smoke absolutely isolated from the rest</p

Even with the "jumping through hoops" section, this law seems a lot more fair than most places which don't even have the option.