Aren’t most of the customers of bars, bingo halls, bowling centers, etc. smokers?
The management of a casino in the St. Louis area claimed that 70% of casino patrons smoke. Actual counts of smokers in this casino found that only 7% of the customers were smoking at any given time. Actual counts during an air quality study of Fulton public places found that an average of less than 10% of people in smoking-permitted places where smoking at any given time. Because visible smoke and its odor and irritants can quickly permeate an area, it is often perceived by many of those present that there was a greater number of people smoking than in reality. In essence, it doesn’t take many burning cigarettes to foul the air in the whole place.
