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Interesting. I remember a while ago there was suddenly many States in the US to enact smoking bans in bars/restaurants mostly one right after another. I rememb

by aestra 13y ago

Interesting. I remember a while ago there was suddenly many States in the US to enact smoking bans in bars/restaurants mostly one right after another. I remember when I was in high school they passed the law in my State and they had some people interviewed on the news about it. However, while I heard about "smokeasys" existing (term comes from prohibition era speakeasys) I have never seen one and I've been to a lot of bars in many areas and various States. Some people complained but compliance was basically a non issue. As a result, I think younger smokers are now just used to going outside to smoke, I don't know hardly anyone who smokes in their house and those that do seem to be really old. Very very few non-smokers let smokers smoke in their house, and hardly any smokers ask, they just walk outside. This wasn't the case even 15 years ago. It wasn't really that long since the law had passed, but several (probably 6) years ago I went to the American South and I was asked "smoking or non-smoking" and it was so weird, even though that's basically how I grew up! When I was a kid teachers smoked in the teacher's lounge, in school. However hookah bars are allowed to exist almost everywhere as far as I can tell, and I really never understood how that fits into the law. Also a few States allow exceptions for private clubs so places like the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) allow smoking. Also, some except casinos, for whatever weird reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans_in_the_Uni... Any other places these laws are loosely enforced?

drone 13y ago
> However hookah bars are allowed to exist almost everywhere as far as I can tell, and I really never understood how that fits into the law. In my city, they have a simple rule that decides whether or not smoking indoors can happen: whether or not a majority percentage of retail revenue comes from the sale of tobacco products. So, things like cigar, pipe, and hookah shops can allow indoor smoking, but virtually no bar in the city can. (Who, by law, must put a sign up indicating a majority of sales come from the sale of alcohol for consumption on-premise. You can't have both a majority of sales from alcohol and from tobacco at the same time, so cigar bars all had to create patios.) These laws are not loosely enforced in the city, to the extent that there is a team of bureaucrats tasked with enforcing action in regards to complaints. However, whether or not every customer reports infractions, is a different story. =)

by aestra 13y ago

drone 13y ago

> However hookah bars are allowed to exist almost everywhere as far as I can tell, and I really never understood how that fits into the law. In my city, they have a simple rule that decides whether or not smoking indoors can happen: whether or not a majority percentage of retail revenue comes from the sale of tobacco products. So, things like cigar, pipe, and hookah shops can allow indoor smoking, but virtually no bar in the city can. (Who, by law, must put a sign up indicating a majority of sales come from the sale of alcohol for consumption on-premise. You can't have both a majority of sales from alcohol and from tobacco at the same time, so cigar bars all had to create patios.) These laws are not loosely enforced in the city, to the extent that there is a team of bureaucrats tasked with enforcing action in regards to complaints. However, whether or not every customer reports infractions, is a different story. =)