There are plenty of places that you can go that will comply with your wish to be smoke-free, if not, stay away from the places that bother you. Yes, I'm a smoker, and I go into eateries that are smoke-free, but if I want to go out for an evening & enjoy a few drinks, I don't want to be somewhere that I can't enjoy my habit. North Carolina was built by the tobacco industry, let's not put a stranglehold on our "roots."