Well, St. Louis has adopted a smoking ban for all restaurants and bars, with only a few allowances. I’m so done with my human rights being eliminated, I’m tired. I can’t fathom the reason non-smokers have such a assertive judgement on what we smokers want to do. I understand that smoking is bad, but I made a conscience selection when I began smoking, alert to the fact it was bad. Just because non-smokers want me to quit, does not mean that it’s going to happen. Smoking in pubs has been a freedom, but most restaurants have a approved smoking area. If non-smokers prefer not to to smell the smoke, don’t sit down in the smoking area, you are not coerced to sit in smoking. And as well as the employees of these restaurants that argue they are affected by second hand smoke, what a joke. I held jobs in the service industry for over 10 years, and I know that most of theco-workers were smokers. Doing business with people, if anything, initiates you to inhale. And, I have never overheard any non-smoking co-worker ever protest about second hand smoke while working in the smoking area. Putting a smoking ban in restaurants and bars, can only save me money, considering I will not dine out after the first of the year.