[WildTurkey]

It is not a right. It's a liberty granted by the property owner. What gives you the idea that you can usurp the right of a property owner?

Uh, when he applies for the LICENSE to operate a restuarant he is agreeing to abide by the local ordinances. Why don't you fight the licensing process. You would be on firmer ground.

[Know your rights]

when he applies for the LICENSE to operate a restuarant he is agreeing to abide by the local ordinances.

local ordinances have no business requiring any more than full disclosure, e.g., "we allow smoking," "we have cockroaches."

[exnavychick]

You again? Well, you certainly are persistent. :)

Hey, SheLion, is he on the ping list? LOL

[monday]

"Uh, when he applies for the LICENSE to operate a restuarant he is agreeing to abide by the local ordinances. "

So you don't even argue that the smoking prohibitionists are fair. It's just that because restaurants have the misfortune of having to obtain licenses in order to operate, the owners lose all property rights.

I suppose since government requires licenses to drive a vehicle, it would be logical for you, if they banned smoking in private vehicles as well?

[Just another Joe]

Uh, when he applies for the LICENSE to operate a restaurant he is agreeing to abide by the local ordinances.

Uh, the licensing regulations, meant to be "health" I suspect but I could be wrong, are normally there for things that the customer can't see and has no control over.
These things are, also, normally backed by proven science that has no, or very very little, wiggle in it.
The 2nd hand smoke health risk isn't even close to this. It's not only not in the ballpark, it's not in the neighborhood, city, county, state, or country with things such as food poisoning, roaches in the kitchen, etc.

The ONLY thing that these bans are based on is, "I don't like the smell."

Well, get over it. I don't like the smell of the local Arab restaurant either. We better ban Arab food.

And don't give me the old, 'majority of the people', we don't live in a democracy. At least we're not supposed to.
We live in a representative constitutional republic that is supposed to guarantee and defend the rights of the property owners.