Reply #47: That's already happening in NYC, yes? [View All]

I suppose it makes sense. And it's just another way to gank money from us.

I completely the support the idea of separate smoking and non-smoking establishments. If the bar owners are so worried about losing business if there's not a "level playing field" then obviously the public demand for a non-smoking establishment isn't there, right? But I think it is: this thread suggests it. Hell, I'd even venture into a non-smoking bar if there was some hardcore motivation, like a band I really really wanted to see. (Probably wouldn't hang out there regularly, though--most of my friends and friendly acquaintances are smokers, so they wouldn't be there.)

"Level playing field" my ass. Bars located in the middle of nowhere, or bad neighborhoods, or bars that have shitty music or bad lighting or what have you, well, they don't have a "level playing field" either. Tough. That's business.