The smoking ban has become a convenient target of business owners who refuse to open their eyes and face the inconvenient economic truth. Having so few smoking ban violations reported is evidence that more people are quitting, not because of the ban, but because they simply cannot afford to smoke anymore. The ban merely served as the final straw in the minds of those motivated to quit.
There’s much more that people can no longer afford to do here, like eating out, going to movies, or signing up for their employers insurance plan which requires a deduction from a paycheck. So, when you hear someone complain about the smoking ban ruining his business, he’s probably just talking in his sleep.
