You asked if there was no smoking anywhere would people stay home and eat. In my case the answer is yes and no.
Since I retired I go out to breakfast every weekday and if smoking was stopped in these restaurants I would no longer go.
If it was a dinner with friends I would still go,but not going out to breakfast would save me about $30.00 a week.There is a group of us in this breakfast place that would stay home.That would be quite a loss to the owner.
If it was a dinner with friends I would still go,but not going out to breakfast would save me about $30.00 a week.There is a group of us in this breakfast place that would stay home.That would be quite a loss to the owner. Our family doesn't go out to eat where you can't smoke either. One of the local restaurants went non smoking a few years back. Haven't been there since. One of the local chain of retail stores did away with smoking in their cafeteria. Used to do all our shopping there, especially christmas shopping. Now, its 'in and out, asap'. No doubt we'd still be spending a lot more money there if they still had their old policy. It was kind of nice to take a cigarette/coffee break in the midst of shopping.
The non smoking policy has hurt a lot of restaurants.