Reply #333: Bars should have the right to post a sign -- NO RESTROOMS -- and you could [View All]

[Czolgosz]

patronize the bar or not as a matter of consumer choice.

Why are the restroom Nazis making poor bar owners spend all that money on toilets? That's a clear interference with property rights, and this is an issue that can be adequately addressed as a matter of consumer choice with a sign that informed the patrons that the bar does or does not have a restroom.

Now, I have never seen a bar that had a sign which said "we don't abide by the health codes" but I have also beet to cities where they don't allow smoking in bars and I have never seen a bar which said "we allow smoking" notwithstanding the contrary law.

The fact is that the interests of public health have mandated that bars have restrooms, and that they abide by certain health regulations. Any smoking ban is simply an extension of that same regulatory scheme. You may disagree with the underlying science which supports that extension, but it is very widely accepted in the medical community. It's very simple.