Of course, the argument of a “level playing field” was used in MA years ago (2004, the same year the SJC and Romney legalised gay marriage! -Marry a fag, don’t smoke one) when some towns banned it, and others did not, causing smokers to go to bars and clubs that allowed it.
But, the law is not a loaf of bread, if you want consistency, buy bread.
But that’s what they planned all along.
When I would point out to one of the adherents that any bar was free to declare itself a non-smoking bar, they would get confused. What was stopping a bar or restaurant owner from doing this voluntarily?
No, the problem is people who make a hobby of using government as a sort of club or bludgeon to enforce their hobby on everyone else. They talk about “choice” and freedom and fairness, but deep down they don’t want any part of it. The economic damage is incalcuble. And in the end (these are temporary measures folks) people will shrug and say “FU” and light up anyway. That’s what happens to law and order and the rule of law when the government itself starts breaking laws — how could anyone expect anything different?