smoking in (*almost) as much indoor paradise as you'll find anymore, aka Las Vegas
*- Meaning there are some non-ban places left in states without statewide bans, but that such places are getting rarer to find. And usually, bigger cities and college towns have passed bar smoking bans, with some limited exceptions here and there.
Anyway for more populated cities, it's getting rarer to find populated cities and states with sensible laws not prohibiting smoking in bars and other adult-only establishments(I.e. Indiana), or sometimes areas with almost no restrictions(I.e. the Northern Kentucky counties south of Cincinnati). And of course in ban areas, sometimes you'll run into a rare 'smokeasy' that doesn't enforce a bar smoking ban.
That said, Las Vegas was awesome! I think I only spotted a handful of bars along the Strip that were no smoking, and the majority of bar and casino areas still allowed smoking, which was a throwback to the mid-2000s but fun. Cigarettes aren't expensive, and I even saw at least one casino(forget which one) which had people walking around selling cigs. :) Even their airport has indoor lounges where you can smoke post-security(not to mention slot machines on top, and I'm very little into that OTOH), which is VERY RARE for any airport to have nowadays. And so great, when you're getting annoyed by the stress of being in an aiport. I wish more parts of the country were still as smoker-friendly, but hopefully I'll return to Vegas one of these days. I know it's unfortunately getting bad in more and more places(heck, New Orleans shockingly just passed a bar and casino ban, though there is talk about amending it for their casinos), but hopefully I'll get to Vegas several more times before that might be gone, for all I know.
Anyway for more populated cities, it's getting rarer to find populated cities and states with sensible laws not prohibiting smoking in bars and other adult-only establishments(I.e. Indiana), or sometimes areas with almost no restrictions(I.e. the Northern Kentucky counties south of Cincinnati). And of course in ban areas, sometimes you'll run into a rare 'smokeasy' that doesn't enforce a bar smoking ban.
That said, Las Vegas was awesome! I think I only spotted a handful of bars along the Strip that were no smoking, and the majority of bar and casino areas still allowed smoking, which was a throwback to the mid-2000s but fun. Cigarettes aren't expensive, and I even saw at least one casino(forget which one) which had people walking around selling cigs. :) Even their airport has indoor lounges where you can smoke post-security(not to mention slot machines on top, and I'm very little into that OTOH), which is VERY RARE for any airport to have nowadays. And so great, when you're getting annoyed by the stress of being in an aiport. I wish more parts of the country were still as smoker-friendly, but hopefully I'll return to Vegas one of these days. I know it's unfortunately getting bad in more and more places(heck, New Orleans shockingly just passed a bar and casino ban, though there is talk about amending it for their casinos), but hopefully I'll get to Vegas several more times before that might be gone, for all I know.