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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
If you had known it was an establishment that allowed smoking you wouldn't have gone there in the first place.
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That's absolutely correct. And considering there we 10 people (one of the women was pregnant), the owners of that establishment would have lost out on a $1500 table.
Fortunately, that wasn't the case for us and hasn't been in California for over 10 years. NYC's ban has been intact for almost that long and the last time I was in Manhattan, it certainly had not affected its restaurant or bar scene (and the restaurants in Manhattan, IMO, are unparalled across the globe).
And considering previous "FACTS" stated in the other thread that only 18% of Americans smoke, it sure appears to me that the correct choice is to NOT alienate the non-smokers, regardless of the "scare tactics" used by the other side (Oh, we're losing our "Personal Liberties!").
B.F.S.