It's all up to them

Smoking bans are ridiculous. The decision for smoking and non-smoking should be entirely left to the owner. In my regular daily activities, the only place I encounter second hand smoke is at bars. If I was overly concerned about my health, I would not be going to a bar and pouring alcohol down my throat. If I never went to a bar or casino, I would hardly notice smokers at all. And I live in Las Vegas, where smoking is a daily vitamin of most inhabitants. If I go to a restaurant, there already exists the opportunity to be seated in a non-smoking area. Laws are not required to protect me from second-hand smoke.

Although California and New York will most likely never allow the consumer the choice to spend money at a place that allows smoking, the people of Toledo, Ohio recently voted to relax their smoking ban regulations.

If there is a demand for a complete smoke free enviroment, it will be created naturally by the market. As one owner ponders whether or not to allow smoking within his establisment:

He'll keep the lounge intact, he said, but as for the main bar, he'll let his customers decide whether to make it smoke-free.

"I'm 90 percent sure it'll go smoke-free," he said. "Still, there's a chance. It's all up to them."

Imagine that, let the consumers decide how and where they spend their money.