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No, it doesn't show that. It shows that society had simply assumed that bars = smoking, and for years and years, that was not only acceptable, but exactly how it needed to be. There was no effective concept of a non-smoking bar. If it existed, it was that rare establishment that maybe made the news and became a novelty for its smoking policy.
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Society has assumed perhaps that the owners of the bars in question had the right to decide what kind of smoking policy suited his/her business, and not the government.
And no, the second question was not directed at you. It was just general commentary.