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[Zagatto]

Here in Ontario they just made it illegal to smoke in any public building including bars and resteraunts and even smoke shops.
My neighbour owns a bar and his revenues are 75% below what they were this time last year. That's even with such factors as SARS and the power blackout we had here last year.
A very large percentage of bar patrons are also smokers.
If people don't want smoking in bars then they should look to finding ways to make an incentive for bar owners rather than just making it illegal.

I'm not talking about government owned buildings like libraries or police stations. I'm talking about privately owned businesses that are open to the public. If the owner makes more money by having smoking sections then he should have the right to allow smoking in the place that he owns.

Of course we could just outlaw smoking all together. It is a drain on the medical system and generally bad for a persons health.

I can just see the roaring 20s happening all over again with speakeasies operating in back rooms where people who know the right password can come in and smoke. Go back and look in your history books to see how successful prohibition was.