This subject tires me out! If a business does not serve food and is a drinking establishment, what right does anybody have to tell them what they can do inside? If you don't like it, don't go! I don't protest when a big fat person is sitting next to me burping and acting like a pig, however, I find that sort of behavior much more irriating than someone who smokes. Another way government tries to run our lives. Give it a rest!!!

WOW KATHY, how rude to assume that all fat people burp and act like a pig. Shame on you! Ive seen some pretty disgusting thin people!

goes both ways. I didn't say all fat people but some do and I find that offensive, just as folks find smokers offensive.

And,it's not rude because it happens. Thin people as well .... and that is exactly the reason why this smoking in private bars is a stupid subject to debate .... everybody mind their own business as to what goes on in private business and homes. Keep the city and state government out of my business. Period.

Nobody is forcing anybody to go into a bar. So if there is smoking and you don't like it, go somewhere else! There is a big difference between banning smoking in public places and in private establishments. A proprietor should be able to decide for himself to allow smoking, and his customers decide if they want to patronize his establishment.