[bcaron]

Originally posted by MakoMike
Dad,
Well if your right, why not just let the market make the determination? Any place that wants to allow smoking can, but they have to put a big sign out front saying "smoking is allowed."
Then if the non-smokers want to go elsewhere, where smoking is prohibited, they can. If non-smoking is as popular as you claim the smoking establishments will go out of business or convert to non-smoking. There were plenty of non-smoking restaurants in RI before the ban went into effect.

IMHO its just another step up the ladder for the anti-tobbaco nazis.
Worst of all, why doesn't it affect Loncoln Park and Newport grand? Answer, beacuse the state knows it will decrese revenues at places that are entirely non-smoking and they don't want that affecting their gambling revenue.