I am in total agreement with the ban. While smokers have made it their personal choice to smoke and inhale the smoke into their lungs and deal with whatever health concerns may arise from it, non-smokers should not be subject to it. Smokers can smoke at home, in their cars and outdoors but to subject those, who have made the choice not to smoke, to something that could have a negative impact on their health is not right. I visit Cleveland, OH often and the ban was put in place there...I don't know maybe a few years ago now, and it is refreshing to go into an establishment (whether that be a club, bar, eatery) and not come out with hair, clothes and sometimes skin smelling of smoke.
Many companies and office complexes in MI have banned smoking on their premises, even in their parking lots...i.e. Blue Cross Blue Shield and Blue Care Network & several office complexes in Southfield, so I think it is just a matter of time before the state passes the bill. You can drive down Civic Center Road in Southfield (BCN) or Eleven Mile Road (BCBS) anytime during the work week and see people walking down the street away from the premises smoking.
I have nothing personal against those who chose to smoke, that is their personal choice. However when it can possibly effect my health and the health of others who have chosen not to...I am all for a ban that would eliminate smoking in bars and resturaunts.