There was a place in Russellville Arkansas like that
smoking or no smoking
- Thread starter BigAlTheTiger
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Smoking is a vile addictive habit whether smokers will admit or or not. Smokers look like they are getting a fix while they are smoking because they are. First thing in the morning guess what they do, time for a cigarette, classic addiction. The areas around stop signs are littered with butts. Smokers drive down the road tossing the spent butt and filter wherever they like. Another way you can be sure they know it's bad. How many smokers do you see with the windows of their cars rolled up while they smoke? Just about none, why cause it stinks. Their cloths stink, their bodies stink, their homes stink, their cars stink, cigarettes are nasty. They are addictive as well and are a contributing cause of so many diseases. Cigarettes should have been banned years ago..
Holy cow you don't know how lucky you were!
Never know, might have caught on... then franchised.
__ UPDATE (July/10/2021) __
Went down there couple weeks ago, that steak place folded up... LONG time ago, the place once again sits vacant.
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SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
Before covid it was 80/20 smoking/non-smoking in the places I played. Restaurants were allowed to open up before bars so many used their restaurant license to open which do not allow smoking inside. Some took advantage of the downtime to clean-up and remodel. Most never allowed smoking back inside. Now only one place still allows smoking inside.
I always heard the argument how places would lose so much business if they stopped allowing smoking, but I have not witnessed this. They grumbled at first, but then got used to stepping outside. Even if they lose a couple patrons, they can now gain people that were avoiding them because of the smoke. I love it. I don't stink (of smoke) when I get home, and I get more table time when they step out.
I always heard the argument how places would lose so much business if they stopped allowing smoking, but I have not witnessed this. They grumbled at first, but then got used to stepping outside. Even if they lose a couple patrons, they can now gain people that were avoiding them because of the smoke. I love it. I don't stink (of smoke) when I get home, and I get more table time when they step out.
Geosnookery
Well-known member
I’ve never smoked anything in my life...not even once.
It’s been over 30 years here in Canada since smoking was permitted in any places I frequent. I have some knowledge of 45 or 50 fellow billiard players outside of the sport...through our dance group, hiking, ball hockey, etc. I don’t know of any who smoke. Or, if they do, it must be in private as smoking in our social circle had a stigma of being ‘retarded’.
I’d guess about half drink alcohol. However, can’t recall anyone getting ‘drunk’ in the last couple decades. Years ago guys would joke about getting hammered. These days getting drunk is as if you hung a sign around your neck that reads ‘village idiot’.
Anyways, I wouldn’t enter any place to play pool or to do anything else if there was smoking permitted. I don’t know anyone who would. Places in the USA are just a different culture than where I live....perhaps COPD is so common it’s part of the local culture.
It’s been over 30 years here in Canada since smoking was permitted in any places I frequent. I have some knowledge of 45 or 50 fellow billiard players outside of the sport...through our dance group, hiking, ball hockey, etc. I don’t know of any who smoke. Or, if they do, it must be in private as smoking in our social circle had a stigma of being ‘retarded’.
I’d guess about half drink alcohol. However, can’t recall anyone getting ‘drunk’ in the last couple decades. Years ago guys would joke about getting hammered. These days getting drunk is as if you hung a sign around your neck that reads ‘village idiot’.
Anyways, I wouldn’t enter any place to play pool or to do anything else if there was smoking permitted. I don’t know anyone who would. Places in the USA are just a different culture than where I live....perhaps COPD is so common it’s part of the local culture.
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Smoking is out of Vogue, few place allow smoking inside public places. Except is VFW, American Legion type private Clubs, and Cigar lounges.
Electronic air cleaners do not do enough.
I am an ex smoker, I quit in 1992.
I despise the smell of tobacco after this much time.
That being said, smoking vs non smoking should be at the sole discretion of the business owner with a legal obligation to do no more than post a sign on the entrance(s) designating whether it is a smoking or non smoking establishment.
As a libertarian I cannot see any moral justification for the non smoking crowd to impose their will on the smokers, or vice versa.
I despise the smell of tobacco after this much time.
That being said, smoking vs non smoking should be at the sole discretion of the business owner with a legal obligation to do no more than post a sign on the entrance(s) designating whether it is a smoking or non smoking establishment.
As a libertarian I cannot see any moral justification for the non smoking crowd to impose their will on the smokers, or vice versa.
That is how capitalism/libertarianism is opposed to work.
Arizona is not smoking friendly about only places is out of doors, private clubs like VFW, Legion, etc. Cigar & Hooka lounges.
Metro Spots bar has outside patio to smoke.
Metro Spots bar has outside patio to smoke.
PracticeChampion
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No smoking around Ohio that I've ran into. Every hall or bar has a separate room outside and everyone I know appreciates it, even the smokers. Back in the day some places would get so smokey your eyes were burning, heck I probably smoked 1000 cartons even without smoking LoL. Only stink problem I have now is the places that fry food and have terrible ventilation. The one place is so bad that everything has to be cleaned the next day , hats, cue cases,stick, glove etc cause if not it'll stink for a week or more