Reply #266: well, that simply did not happen in my town... [View All]

[mike_c]

...where EVERY bar owner predicted that the California smoking ban would utterly destroy his business. It didn't, of course-- didn't even have any effect-- but prior to the ban every one of them was convinced that he would lose business if smoking was prohibited in his bar. And since smokers are addicted to tobacco, every one of them was probably correct about losing smokers' business if the smokers had anywhere else to drink and smoke-- prior to the blanket prohibition, NOT ONE BAR in my town was smoke free, and the chances of any of them banning smoking on their own were slim to none.