Yes, but a VFW Hall is basically a bar. If I'm a bar owner and all smokers are kicked out of my bar and head for the VFW Hall, what should I do?
Surrender and go out of business, or fight back any way I can?
But not all smokers can head for the VFW.
Surrender and go out of business, or fight back any way I can?
You should have fought harder to kill the entire thing in the first place.
One of the vocal opponents to the smoking ban in Delaware was a guy who had gone smoke-free on his own, his bar was doing a booming business and he felt forcing everyone else to do what he did on his own would hurt his business and take away the niche he had created. He was right, the place is no longer in business.
Well you start “fighting back” by doing what is going on in Vegas.
They passed a food and smoke ban here.. so if you own a bar that serves food, you cant allow smoking (casinos are exempt).
Whats happening? Bars are flat out ignoring the ban.. and the health dept is flustered.
The dirty little secret of smoking bans is that they require COMPLIANCE to work. There is no smoking police. The enforcers cant be everywhere and pretty much, if you do as you please as an owner of a bar.. they are powerless to stop you.
The jerks in Vegas that passed this law are now learning that Vegas and its smokers will NOT BOW to big brother.