[whereasandsoforth]

I think you misunderstood. The association is for the ban. The ban would drive moms & pops out of business. Big chains would benefit.

[Gabz]

The association is for the ban. The ban would drive moms & pops out of business. Big chains would benefit.

That is EXACTLY what is going on here. The restaurant associations are, for the most part, controlled by the chains. As a rule they can handle a downward turn in business because they know their competition can't withstand it.......in a short period of time the chains will be the only games left in town.

Smoker bans are government sanctioned monompoly deals for the chain restaurants.

[Raycpa]

I think you misunderstood. The association is for the ban. The ban would drive moms & pops out of business. Big chains would benefit.

This is how capitalism works. Survival of the fitest.