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Funny how people on here say it won't hurt the bars, but yet they are trying to get it changed....hmmm. Wonder why? Because some of you don't have a ****ing clue, they ARE losing money. Bar owners in Columbia are trying the same thing, because they ARE losing money. Bar owners in Kirksville are trying to get it changed also, because the ARE losing money. I can't complain, at the moment because the ban is making me money (people are coming to my place because they can smoke if they want).
We as bar owners spend a ton of money on smoke eaters, special filters, and exhaust fans to accommodate both sides. Jesus, reading the dumb shit posts on this board about the subject is almost laughable. You would think that if you were to go to a bar that allows smoking you would drop dead the following night.
I have a guy that comes into the bar probably 3 to 5 times a week. Has an occasional cig when he is drinking. Plays golf with us everyday. Works at a local auction house. Seems to always be doing something. Oh and did I mention he is 85 years old. Yes smoking is not healthy, but come on, you going to a bar were others are smoking is not going to kill you. If you don't think the owner is doing enough to control the smoke, FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO GO.
By the way, even though it has helped my business, with the smoking ban passing just up the road. I am still against it! Whats next? How are they going to hurt our businesses in the future? Is it your family that is getting their income cut? Is it really that big of a deal to you? If it's such a great idea, why don't some of you get together and build a bar in a town that doesn't have the ban, but make yours non-smoking............since it is such a good idea, you ought to rake in the money, right? WRONG, or bars would have already been non-smoking, and they wouldn't have to make chicken shit laws, such as this.
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