Senate bill bans smoking in Texas bars and restaurants

[ceyko]

<------Nonsmoker who wishes to own a pool hall that would allow smoking.

lol, yeah who has ever seen a non-smoking pool hall? (I agree with you)

Wonder what the requirements are to make a private club. i.e. I can still smoke in the American Legion. Is it just membership? Do you have to pay for the membership or can it just be free?

[Snatch Napkin]

It doesn't work. Any extra tax money raised always winds up in a general fund that politicians plunder for their own glorification. Consider the claim that state lottery profits go exclusively to schools......total hogwash.

Very true. Very sad. Our latest budget cuts just took a buttload from schools, yet the Texas Lottery is booming with money.

lol, yeah who has ever seen a non-smoking pool hall? (I agree with you)

Wonder what the requirements are to make a private club. i.e. I can still smoke in the American Legion. Is it just membership? Do you have to pay for the membership or can it just be free?

Tyler, Tx has a no smoking ordinance. Their pool halls are pretty awesome and make a shitton of money. They do provide smoking areas outside with fans/misters (summer), cover from the weather, small fireplaces (winter), and music, though.

I would do something similar, just because I enjoy sitting outside with friends to have a chat while I get ready for another few games of pool. I would also have a top notch ventilation system to handle the inside air so that anyone can enjoy that environment as well.