The smoking ban in Florida has seen crowds drop drastically. These places are having a tough go at it now. One thing that has happened is that they are hiring younger people with little or no experience waiting on tables etc. The effect is the customers are getting substandard treatment causing even more of a drop in business.

If I drive a few minutes I'm in Alabama where smoking is legal. The same type of establishments even with a smaller population area have much larger crowds.

I think that while smoking may not be a great thing at least for some people that these new non smoking laws are actually against the constitution. It is taking away the rights of the people whatever your personal views on smoking are.

I believe it would be much better for all if it was as it used to be. An establishment should have the right to have a smoking, non-smoking or sections for both smokers and non-smokers and then let the public decide where they want to go.

My 2 pfennigs.



[This message has been edited by Scott Langholff (edited 11-08-2006).]