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Consider these issues with "outside smoking":
If you have a popular event, you're going to have a line. If you have a line, the entry will already be congested. Add more than half the attendees at any given time, and you have a mob outside the place. Now, say you have an issue in said line... someone has a fake ID, we'll say. Are you going to hold everyone outside until it is solved? The people who have paid want back in, and the people who haven't are wondering why there's a constant motion of people going in and out WHILE they're in line.
So... to distinguish who has and hasn't paid, are they going to use wristbands? I hate wristbands.
Now, take into consideration that smokers are social beings. One chick wants a smoke, three of her friends follow. While they're out there, they are joined by 5 or 6 other people they know, which staggers them longer, making it to where the club will seem empty at times cause half the folks are outside smoking.
... and yes, people will choose NOT to come if you ban smoking. I have friends who will not ride in my car because I don't allow smoking, so I'm sure there are people who would pass on spending hours in a club without smoking.
I honestly think smoking in clubs go hand in hand, unfortunately. Drunken obnoxious lunatics walking into me annoys me at clubs, but I doubt they'll ban alcohol anytime soon.
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