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Originally Posted by filtherton
Well, before the smoking ban in minneapolis there weren't any bars that were nonsmoking so it wasn't really an option. You can't count on the market to handle public health issues when it's often more profitable to ignore them.
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This is entirely true. There isn't even a choice in most places. Bar owners are so brain washed to believe that smokers will make or brake their business that they won't offer the choice of non-smoking. But, I was down town in Minneapolis last night and the smoking ban didn't seem to be detrimental to business in the least. So, maybe after bar owners live with the ban for awhile, nightclubs can offer the choice rather than the law having to enforce it. For me, I just like not hacking up a lung the whole night.