This ban crap is going to a new level. Its like the new "prohibition", but instead of alcohol its this. My wife and I went to a local bar/restaurant the other day for dinner. It used to be packed all the time, and this time it was almost entirely empty.
We went to the casino for sweetest day, to eat and gamble a bit, and paritally because its one of the few legal places where you can have a drink and smoke in. We walked in, and they have a special room for "non-smokers" called "the clear"that they didn't have before. Ok, I get that, no problem. Obvisously we didn't go in there. While waiting for a machine, I fired up one of my cigars, only to get bitched at by some woman who didn't like the smoke. I was purposely even trying to keep it away from her and she still bitched. I'm like, hey if you want to go play in the clear, its the right the F over there....freaking ridiculous.
Its only a matter of time before most of the pub type places close up. We will still have some the "chain" type of places that do decent business, but all the rest will just be gone. At this point, when there is no snow on the ground, it really matters not to me. I can grab some food for the grill, some drink, and come home and spend my evening on the patio, for much less than in a pub. Just sucks seeing all the empty/closed business's as a result, but thats ok cause they will just hike my gas tax up to cover it....of course until I get my electric vehicle...then they can kiss my ass.