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I’ve closed down my share of beer joints at 2 a.m. and left smelling like the ashtray that Keith Richards keeps beside his toilet. Drankin’ and a’ smokin’ and a’ dayncin’ all seem to go hand in hand in a roadhouse.

But that isn’t stopping Billy Bob’s Texas, the largest honkytonk on this spinning ball we call home, from banning smoking.

As a cigarette smoker, I appreciate being able to get my nicotine fix while enjoying a cold beer inside a cool bar. Something I appreciate even more — a respect for property rights.

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Fort Worth isn’t making Billy Bob’s Texas snuff its smokers like they do in Dallas and Austin. Bar management chose to ban smoking based on customer feedback. Only a bar owner should be able to ban smoking in their own establishments.

Power to Billy Bob’s, democracy, Fort Worth, property rights, apple frickin’ pie, and Hump Day.

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