> As far as bars are concerned, the most surprising finding came 6 months in:
> several polls of bar patrons showed that substantially more people were
> happy with it than unhappy. Many people (including me) were positive this
> would be a vote loser for the mayor, because smokers would hate it a lot,
> and nonsmokers would like it a little. But it was quite the opposite.
When the ban was about to be introduced here everyone was convinced it would NEVER work, that there would be uproar, widespread rebellion, etc. But the degree to which smokers just accepted it and got on with their lives surprised even the strongest proponents of the ban.