Some of the bars in Nevada have started a fine jar. Basically, if you come into the bar and smoke, you put a few bucks in the jar. If all works out right, when the smoke Nazis come in to fine the bar, the amount collected in the jar should cover the fine. Personally, I believe a business owner has the right to decide how his business is run. If he thinks he can make good cash with a smoke free bar, he runs a smoke free bar. If he thinks he can make cash running a smoking bar, he should be able to run a smoking bar. Yes its nice going to a bar that is not smokey...however, if there was such a high demand for smokeless bars, then why did it require government coercion to bring them about?
It seems to me that some derelict alcoholics could make a deal with several bars, so that when an anti-smoking Nazi comes around, they are “fingered”, so then when they leave the club, the derelict jumps them and beats the heck out of them. No explanation, no warning. Then the derelict gets free drinks at the bar to the value of his services.
The idea is that these unexpected assaults will so unnerve the cigarette police flunkies that they will quit and go do something else for a living.
The bar looks innocent, and eventually the word gets out that if you harass one of these bars, don’t be surprised if it’s harder on you than it is on them.