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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Well, a bit OT but I dispute the idea that most restaurants had adequate ventilation for a non-smoker (me) to enjoy a meal with anyone else in the room lighting up. So, not such a dope rule to me.
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Well, I've spent over 40 years as a nonsmoker dining out, and rarely had a problem.
One of the interesting side effects of smoking restrictions was that they seemed to make everyone who didn't smoke - myself included - more smoke sensitive. Sometimes the very act of reducing the incidence of a problem seems to magnify people's perception that the problem exists.
But it's still a dope rule. It doesn't matter how you feel about the outcome. Dope rules are about the process, and the deliberate elimination of discretion in enforcing the rule.