Now! Why on earth would I want to alter the way I have enjoyed cigarettes for so many years just because YOU don't like the SMELL??!! heh!
And I see nothing wrong with private smoking clubs that are not open to the public - but places of public accomodation are different when you operate such a business you incur responsiblity to not harm the people who come in.
All restaurants AND bars are privately owned businesses. They are not government owned. Therefore, the business owner should continue to have the right to run his business the way he and his patrons see fit.
If you don't want to be around smokers, spend your money in a restaurant or bar where there is no smoking or very little. You still have a choice!
But do not, for heaven's sake, beg the government to do dirty work for you and continue closing doors on the smaller businesses. What's the matter with you!
"What's the matter with you!"
What's the matter with me is that I don't want smoke sprayed on me any more than i want beer sprayed on me. If beer drinkers routinely got beer in my hair and on my clothes then I would want them to take their beer drinking private but they don't so I don't mind beer drinkers.