As someone who grew up in a house full of smoke from my parents, I will say that I detest smoking. I don't like the smell that gets in your clothes. I don't like the bad breath that it causes and I don't like the stained teeth. My stepfather died from cancer, from smoking.

All that said, I am a competitive pool player and the ONLY places to play in public (for fun or in tournaments) is in bars. In Oklahoma, if it's a bar, it's filled with smoke. Yes, I know the health risks and yes, I know that when I come home I smell like smoke while not ever having lit one myself, but if I want to play pool (and I'm not giving that up), I have to make the choice and suck it up. Would I love it if they outlawed smoking in bars in Oklahoma? Only if the same pool players came to the tournaments. I think that, in Oklahoma, there would be a major uproar if that passed. Maybe I need to move to Cali!

Yes, if you place socialization (hanging out, playing pool or darts, etc.) as a higher priority than subjecting yourself to smoke, then do it. Even though I hate a smoke-filled room, I have no problem with allowing smoking in bars, probably because I've just always put up with it.

The answer I've always gotten is that I need my own pool table at home.....1)too expensive, 2)no room for it right now, 3)how boring is that?

Hey Pup -

You don't have to move to CA to get smoke free -- just come one state north to KS and check out Overland Park and Lawrence. Plenty of banks, plenty of pubs, and plenty of "no smoking by city ordinance" signs!

To those who wish they had a bar in their town that was smoke free -- open one!! or 2

Hey Pup, I know what you mean! I agree totally and face a similar situation with my avid activity of bowling. Our league is smoke-free, however the other league that occupies probably 90% of the alley is not so it really does not matter. Then, my wife who bowls the same night in a different house at a different time comes home and it's a contest who smells worse! My only advantage in that contest is that I keep my hair almost buzzed off so nothing is collecting there at least!

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I dun hit the club throw back

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