Smoking in France a thing of the past?

[scaeagles]

Tempe AZ passed a law banning smoking in bars and restaurants. Where did the smoking patrons go? To establishments in other cities. Many business owners had significant losses in business and were forced to lay off employees. So there are unemployed people looking for jobs whether they quit to work in a place with no smoking or lose their job because of being laid off.

As a patron, I much prefer NOT being near smoking and would certainly go somewhere that doesn't allow it. But make that the choice of the business owner. The only possible argument against it is the employment argument, and alex sums it up well above.

However, I realize I am on the losing side. There is a side of me, though, that does like it from a standpoint of how much I hate being behind car when the driver is smoking with his windows open, or how angry I get watching people throw their butts on the streets and in parking lots.