There are many, many conservatives that support smoking bans. The evidence shows conservatives in Washington and Florida voted for smoking bans. Free people, freely voting. A lot of conservatives on FR support bans. We don't bother to express our views very often, but we're here.
Florida passed with less than 20% of registered voters caring enough to show up to vote on the ban.
13% voted for and won.
80% of Floridians didn't care.
Actually, if people would start getting menu's from these restaurants before the bans, then get menu's after the bans are implemented, it would help.
In Florida prices increased 15-20% in many of the chain restaurants within a couple of weeks. I wouldn't have caught it if we hadn't had take out menus before and after to compare.
Our non smoking friends were furious. They boycotted them on principal. And continue to. We now just gather in each others homes.
Outback Steakhouse had probably the largest increase.
Seems odd, to jack prices like that, when all these people claim how much better business is after the bans.
The smaller places that only sell limited food to be able to cater to smokers, had no increases at all.
I think if more of the public really understood what the "clean air" that they didn't care about anyway is costing them, attitudes may change.
"A lot of conservatives on FR support bans. We don't bother to express our views very often, but we're here."
I would have said that I have never met a conservative who want smoking banned but then many of my conservative friends have a libertarian side.
I'm a nonsmoker myself (and have never even picked up a cigarette) and don't think smoking belongs in some places like elementary schools and such. But I also am not in support of banning it everywhere such as in private clubs and such.