Where does eveyone stand on smoking bans?

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Simplex3

I just found a study that says that in 2003 18% of the US population over 15 years old smoked daily. I think the smoking place would take a beating.

Also, that doesn't account for the fact that when not given a completely non-smoking choice people would still eat out. I know I ate at restaurants that had smoking sections. I hated it, but I did it.

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/58/41/35625042.pdf

Maybe Bob Dole isn't communicating what he's suggesting clearly.

You'd have the choice of identical restaurant/bars, where one is smoke-free and the other has a smoking section.

And while you and many others would obviously choose the smoke-free alternative, there are a lot of other people beyond the 18% that would choose to hang out with the smokers, even if they didn't smoke. We're the fun ones, after all...