Smoking At Ceremony?

[Brian J. Parker]

On 5/2/07, Jeremy David <epistemology at gmail.com> wrote:
> > it's about whether or not there should be a smoking ban.  If there
> > isn't a smoking ban, then it is almost impossible for a bar to survive
> > without allowing smoking, so Pegasus has little choice.
[snip]
> But anyway, since you brought it up, I have to rebut. You said that
> it's impossible for a bar to survive without allowing smoking. Here's
> a list of examples which proves otherwise.
>
> http://www.nosmokedining.org/listings.htm

I said "almost impossible."  And if there are only 57 smoke-free bars
(as listed at that URL) in all of Allegheny County, most of them
restaurants (which cater to a different crowd than going-out-drinking
bars), I think that proves rather than rebuts my point.

If there isn't a ban, almost every smoker is going to go to a bar that
allows smoking, which means their friends will go there with them.
Only if there is a comprehensive ban will they have to suck it up and
choose between going out and smoking.

B