Are you more likely or less likely to visit or work in a bar/restaurant if smoking were prohibited there?

Question

Do you make any distinction between a ban imposed by the government or a ban imposed by the manager?

Let me know if you smoke also, or if it depends on who you are going with if visiting.

Smoking areas are completely useless. The smoke doesn't care what area it's supposed to be in.

That's like a peeing area of a public swimming pool.

Answer 1

I will not go to a restaurant or club where there is smoking. The fact that there is smoking has prompted me to quit the Elks Club and the American Legion.

I was pleased to visit Montreal on vacation. Smoking is prohibited in bars and restaurants except for open garden or sidewalk areas. I also understand that smoking is barred in bars and restaurants in certain American states.

We started patronizing a restaurant/bar that became non-smoking last year. The owner said his business has actually increased since he started prohibiting smoking on premises.

I don't make a distinction between a ban on smoking imposed by management or by the gouvernement. The essential thing for me is whether or not smoking is allowed or not allowed.

Answer 2

I would be more likely to visit a restaurant and especially a bar if smoking were prohibited there. I enjoy going out and having a good time but I hate waking up the next morning smelling like an ash tray. Some of my friends smoke, I don't and even if they didn't want to go with I'd probably go anyway.

It wouldn't matter if it was imposed by the government or the manager. I do get the feeling though, that if the manager made the rule, then it would probably be more likely to be enforced.

Answer 3

I haven't smoked in about 25 years. I prefer to be in a non-smoking environment and avoid smoking areas whenever possible. I will not go to a bar or restaurant that does not have a non-smoking area.

However, in the defense of smokers, I think that smoking areas should be allowed. My only concern is for workers that must service smokers. No employee should be forced to work in a smoking area.

I do not like smoking bans imposed by the government. I believe the choice should be left up to the managers of the establishment.

I also feel that a manager has the right to have a bar or restaurant that is entirely smoking.

It is my choice as an individual to choose where I go. I feel I have no right to force any bar or restaurant to be smoke free.

Answer 4

I am definitely more likely to visit that establishment if smoking were prohibited there.

I am a smoker, but I hate not being able to find clean air when I'm not actually smoking. It's definitely a turn-off when it comes to restaurants, as it ruins the smell (and therefore the taste) of the food.

I don't really care who applies the ban...As long as it is there for the general benefit of the customers, then it really doesn't matter.

Answer 5

I will just say this. I am happy to live in CA where there is no smoking in the restaurant. I remember when they had the smoking and non-smoking sections...and the non-smoking sections always still smelled like smoking. So to answer the question I am much more likely to visit a place if it has no smoking.

Answer 6

Personally, a bar is a bar and a restaurant is a restaurant. I would prefer a restaurant to be non-smoking. But at a bar I prefer that they allow smoking. I don't really like the smell of smoke, but at the same time I don't like the smell of sweat and stale booze either. People that oppose smoking in a bar are kind of backwards. You're at a bar drinking! You have a better chance of dying in a car crash on your way home then you do of catching cancer from 2nd hand smoke. As for people that work there. Well don't work there if you don't like smoke

Answer 7

I am a former smoker.

When I smoked, I refused to go to bars that did not permit smoking.

Now that I am a nonsmoker, I prefer it that way.

As a smoker and as a nonsmoker I have always preferred restaurants that did not allow smoking, or I would sit in the nonsmoking section. I just didn't enjoy the smell of smoke interfering with the taste of my food (which tastes a lot better now that I don't smoke anymore, by the way!).

However, I do not think the government should tell a private business owner that they cannot permit a legal activity to occur in their establishment. It should be consumer driven, not government mandated.

Answer 8

Honestly it does not affect my decision either way. I am a non-smoker and am happy that in AZ they just passed the ban state-wide. But before they did, I still would go to places I like even if they allow smoking. Except for the casinos, because that was so flooded with smoke that I couldnt even breathe.

Answer 9

It does no longer flow me the two way if smoking have been banned or no longer. i think of the only thank you to relatively comprehend in a close-by the place that's not a central authority ban is to truthfully call the eating place and ask. i will in my opinion say that i do no longer comprehend everyone who calls eating places to confirm in the event that they ban smoking. I do like it whilst i'm in a smoke loose section. I smoke cigarettes in specific situations, yet that does no longer propose whilst i'm eating i do no longer recommendations smoke. I hate it whilst somebody is smoking and the smoke blows in my face or into my section.

Answer 10

I love the ban on smoking because I'm an asthmatic and being in the same building as a smoker DOESN'T HELP! I DON'T THINK IT IS THERE RIGHT AT ALL! Especially because I'm not smoking because i don't want the health risks. and I get the health risks with out the filter if im in the same building as a smoker!! plus i know someone who died from second hand smoke! KICK YOUR BUTT!