Now, that 70% of people don't smoke, and don't want to be around smoke, doesn't change anything.  They can still demand that the owner ban it in his pub, or they can accept the fact that people are going to smoke, or they can leave.  They're not forced to go to the pub.  If you siphon off that 10% from multiple bars, I have very little doubt that you could probably make a profitable business.

Most major cities in Britain, from what I've seen, are much larger than the city I live in, in terms of population.  (Greater Nottingham, alone, is roughly six times the size of Tallahassee, and I don't think Nottingham is very large by English standards.  I could be wrong.)  We have many smoking and non-smoking bars, some right next to each other, and all are profitable.  (It's a college town.  There are a lot of bars.)  I'm sure the market would be large enough.

Non-smokers shouldn't have to work in smoke-filled offices, and they don't.  They don't have to take the job.  Again, I stand by my point that, if someone takes out a loan to start his or her own business, he or she should be able to set these sorts of rules, because it's that person's money and credit on the line.

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