Smoking in restaurants is a disruption to everyone’s meal, not just the smokers. The dividers that restaurants owners provide do not keep the smoke from spreading to non-smoking areas. The smokers do not worry about the smoke because they have a filter and have made the choice to smoke. Most of the time smokers do not even notice the smoke; they have become immune to smell of smoke. Without the filter, the non-smokers end up taking in more toxins than smokers do. Ventilation along with dividers may be a way to solve the smoke problem.
The dividers placed between smoking and non-smoking areas do not provide a good enough barrier. As smoke is exha