Despite the dire warnings from smokers that hospitality businesses such as hotels, restaurants and bars would suffer disastrously from smoking bans, with many of them going broke, the experiences of New York and California showed that business does survive. Stiff opposition to these smoking bans from smokers, bar owners, and even some non-smokers, is still prevalent in these two states, however.
The most recent country to introduce a comprehensive ban is New Zealand which passed the Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill on December 3, 2003.
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