Smoking in the Bowling Center

[Tony]

I didn't know any bowling centers allowed it anymore. Here first they prohibited it in the bowling area, but you could smoke in the bar, then you had to go outside, now you are supposed to be a certain amount of feet from the door, although they don't usually adhere to that.

I never smoked, but I don't understand why smokers let this kind of gradualism force them outdoors in the rain and cold, to smoke. They should have stood up for their rights.

In Illinois the bar owners tried to get an exemption passed, but it failed. I think some business owners feared they would lose business but after a brief slowdown business resumed as normal.
I would be very reluctant to bowl regularly in a location that allows smoking.

[billf]

I smoke and am thankful we can no longer smoke while bowling. There would be so much smoke even I couldn't stand it.
Ohio bans smoking in any public buildings, our center is one place that still abides by this unenforced law, even in the bar area.

[jlwonderley]

I smoke and am thankful we can no longer smoke while bowling. There would be so much smoke even I couldn't stand it.
Ohio bans smoking in any public buildings, our center is one place that still abides by this unenforced law, even in the bar area.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to smoke while actually bowling, mainly because I would have to keep putting it down and picking it back up. I'm not a pack or more a day smoker, my pack lasts me like 3 days.

I have been at places before where everyone was smoking in a non-ventilated room (poker in a converted garage during winter). Talk about your eyes burning!!

[fordman1]

Michigan has a no smoking law everywhere except in casinos. Our owner was very happy when the law took effect. No more cleaning up dirty walls, no more stink, no more changing dirty ceiling tiles. No more stinking clothes. It was never a problem with enforcement. Ban one idiot and the rest get the message.

[Lefty651]

No smoking in Minnesota

[Timmyb]

No smoking in Wisconsin.

[AngieHall]

I'm in Indiana. Our house doesn't allow smoking (state ban) but as of right now, ecigs are allowed. Most ecig users choose to go outside with the smokers though. It doesn't seem to have hurt business much as numbers of league and open bowlers seems to have increased. This is a tiny, 16 lane, mom and pop house. There is not a stocked pro-shop--you want balls, shoes, etc. you order it from them and they order it from suppliers. They do have some things on hand such no-slip grip, easy slide, wrist braces, shoe covers, rosin bags, tape, things like that. Anyway, I don't know if the increasing numbers are due to the smoking ban (more families with kids are bowling now) or the new owners that bought the alley the same month the ban went into effect three years ago.