Nevada allows food service in (smoking) bars

Acting on representations from the catering and hospitality trade Nevada prepares to allow food service in bars, and smoking in family restaurants where a separate room is available.

It appears that in Nevada, it is accepted that smoking restrictions (forcing establishments to choose between allowing smoking and providing a food service) have led to sharp drops in income for businesses. No guff about supermarket prices here.

The overturned bill that voters approved in 2006 banned the provision of food by smoking taverns. Although unlike Scottish law it allowed some provision for smokers, it still cost the hospitality industry heavily. More here. Here. the American Lung Association is protesting about potential loss of life – a tad melodramatically, since  secondary smoke is certainly not as lethal as they claim and quite possibly not lethal at all. Furthermore, nobody is banning the provision of proper air management/cleaning systems that clean air thoroughly.

More again here, from Marcus Aurelius, including a link on undue influence (Nicorette).