Count me in. Good frisbee skills and would happily join along with a few other friends. Please let me know when it all comes together. colin _ flahive @ hotmail . com

Wow, well there you go. The system fails because of people afraid of small change and bringing bags to take out restaurants. If this is how most people feel, the state of the world makes that much more sense to me now. Thanks for the 'toolish' insight.

I understand where all of your pessimism stems from, but come on now... embrace this new law instead of anticipating its failure. It's a pretty amazing thing to be discussed at such a high level of government let alone make a law like this. I'm presently in Dali and even the smallest of xiao mai bu on the outside of town are not giving out plastic bags. I consider that a relative success no matter what the future holds for this law.

Hey Jared, sorry you had a bad milkshake. We try to make sure that our workers understand that our milkshakes need to be thick as possible. But things obviously don't always go as we hope. If you get a milkshake at Salvador's again, make sure that you tell them no milk, or as little as possible. Cheers

Thank you for all the helpful comments. As far as a smoking and a non-smoking section goes, we have pondered the idea; but I fear that our space is too small and cramped. And I wonder if it might only add to the confusion for those not used to the idea of smoking bans.

Last year I would have said (and did say) that a smoking ban in the restaurant would not work. But a lot has changed since then. Even the cheap cross-country buses have gone no smoking and husbands with pregnant wives have learned the lesson to puff outside the house to spare their child's health.

Beijing will ban public smoking before the Olympics (afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_87fj70TlsV8mkXTKbPtdEOLAcg) and Shanghai will ban smoking by 2010 (www.chinacsr.com/[...] Why not get ahead of the game, as it will eventually be the same in Kunming?

Anyway, its a difficult subject from a business standpoint, so I'm hoping that some of you smokers out there who strongly disagree with a smoking ban will make their points. Much obliged.