"I have not heard of one bar and/or restaurant that has gone out of business from the ban on smoking here in CA."
that's because nobody smokes in CA anyway. what's a pack cost there, 8$? "there are restaurants and bars left in CA that do allow smoking by following the rules necessary to do so." apparantly NY doesn't have these 'special rules', don't know about FL. the point you seem to be missing is if there was enough of a market for 'non-smoking only' restaurants/bars, business owners would have DONE IT ALREADY. the amount of smoking-ban nazi's doesn't even come close to the smokers/apathetic. this fits in to what Raymond just posted. if the market share is there, why wasn't anyone doing it? restaurants are one of the toughtest businesses out there, and very cutthroat. don't tell me that the owners are too stupid to take advantage of it if it's true. --d. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:08 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: woo hoo Yes you are crazy, because then the choice is not to go to ALL restaurants. There is a rant here about non-smokers holding a gun to the head of owners to get a non-smoking restaurant. What about the smoking-gun smokers hold on a us non-smokers. One smoker in a restaurant can fill up the whole place. So all us 45 non-smokers just have to get up and leave. Why is his right to smoke more important then my right NOT to smoke. Why do I have to leave, why can't the smoker leave. I have not heard of one bar and/or restaurant that has gone out of business from the ban on smoking here in CA. Guess what, many smokers can put their habit on hold for an hour to eat out. I have yet to figure out how to hold my breath for the same time period. As you might guess, I'm pro non-smoking in public places. Because the smoker isn't the only one smoking in this situation. Ok, I'll stop venting now. Now, you are perfectly free to smoke in private, and there are restaurants and bars left in CA that do allow smoking by following the rules necessary to do so. So go there. And let me have a smoke free place to enjoy my pasta primavera. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource Sacramento, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
