Iowa Smoking Ban Effective Now: How does it effect small businesses?
Iowa’s smoking ban went into effect yesterday (July 1). The only two exceptions, as I understand it, are casinos (can’t stop those gamblers from smoking, can we?) and veterans hospitals (maybe on the assumption that they served their country and they have earned the right to kill themselves with smoking if they want).
You can tell how I feel about smoking. My father smoked from the time he was very young until just before his death at age 83, from emphysema (not surprising). He sat at the dinner table every night and lit up a cigarette when he was done eating. For 18 years I lived with smoke, thinking nothing of it. When the first warnings by the Surgeon General came out, he tried several times to quit but couldn’t.
I hate everything about smoking, so I’m pleased to see the ban in Iowa, as in many other states. I do feel sorry for those who will be forced to quit or stand on street corners to smoke; I know how difficult it is to quit after watching my father.
In terms of the effect of the ban on businesses, I think you’ll see that it won’t have much effect. Restaurants will be able to seat anyone anywhere, not having to designate a smoking section. This should help with customer flow.
Bars will be affected initially. But I stopped feeling sorry for the bar owners when I found out that Ireland has a ban on smoking in pubs, and it has not affected them.
I’d like to see smoking banned in every public building in every state. I’m sure that won’t happen, but you never know.
If you own a small business, what would be or is the effect of a smoking ban on your business?
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