[swozey]

I'm specifically talking about Tampa. I haven't lived there in over a decade but went back in the last few years and completely forgot that you could smoke in bars there. It was so gross. And of course some drunk burnt me with their cigarette while walking through the packed bar.

Not sure the ratio of smoking/non-smoking. I was in Ybor the big club/bar area and I feel like everywhere was smoking. They even had cig machines in most if not all of the bars. It was constant smoke.

[kodablah]

Yup, we have to find places that conform to what we want (e.g. loud music, sells liquor, etc). So long as we have a reasonable choice, we're good. I am willing to go out on a limb and bet that there are more bars in Tampa that disallow smoking than ones that allow it. We should avoid outright banning something in all adult leisure places we never attend, lest we've moved the goalposts from health to convenience.