>>>Over by the bar are a bunch of large air exchangers -- at least two of them. The requirement in TX is, I believe, that they have to complete exchange the air every 1/2 hour.
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>>Ok. I'm fairly confident that this is not a TX law, but an Austin law. 15 minutes north of here in Round Rock, smoking and non-smoking sections are not even separated in restaurants, just different halves of the same room.
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>Now that I think of it, you're right. I think it was a big item a few months ago in the local rag -- Austin-American Statesman??? All the restaurants were predicting economic doom. I had dinner in RR a few weeks ago, and smoking was permitted come to think of it.
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>regards,

My mother died of lung cancer three years ago. She lived alone and I took care of her. She was a heavy smoker, and her cancer was the kind that could be directly linked to smoking. Watching her die and seeing what happened to her changed me forever. I, too, was a heavy smoker, and my mother's last words to me was to give up smoking. As a wedding present to my wife, I gave up smoking on my wedding day two years ago. It was the best thing I ever did!

Now I have no tolerance for cigarettes. I am worse than a reformed smoker. If anyone even blows smoke in my direction, they will feel wrath of my words. No argument any smoker can give give me will dissuade me from fighting this sort of self-destructive behavior. Most people make the choice to smoke, but nobody makes the choice to die unless they have some very serious personality problems. Make no mistake, cigarettes are very powerful and addictive drug that can do some serious damage. Even if they don't kill you, why would anybody want to subject themselves to that kind of risk?

Besides that, I just to love being pedantic and pugnacious!