Don Hazelwood, one of Mincelli's customers, says he resents the law even though he is a nonsmoker. State officials, by contrast, predict that nonsmokers will stream into bars that used to be repellent to them. One poll found that 22 percent of adults were more likely to visit smoke-free bars. But in Toronto, the largest city to try a ban, the City Council, facing protests, reversed itself after just six weeks. Without customer complaints or Prohibition-style raids, bars will have wide discretion.
Smokers are nonetheless livid.
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