Reply #2: In Minnesota [View All]

[wolfgangmo]

About a 2 years ago finally passed a smoking ban in public buildings as well as all secured government facilities.

At that time my wife and I, who had previously stayed away from bars/shows/restaurants/etc because of smoke started to go out regularly. And so did tons of others. On the whole things are better for the companies as they have discovered a whole new cliental and they have kept most of their smoking customers as well.

The ban will be better for most companies. The ones that only cater to alcoholic chain smokes might suffer a bit, but alcoholic chain smokers will just adapt to the circumstances. It is not as if they will stop smoking and drinking.