Anecdote on the difference between Europe and America

From the Boston Phoenix:

Not long after Cambridge instituted its smoking ban in October 2003, I went to the Middle East to see Holly Golightly, the bluesy English chanteuse. Between sets, I ducked out to the dingy back alley to suck down a smoke. There was Holly herself, a fag perched jauntily in her slender fingers. We got to talking, and it wasn�t long before she expressed her perplexed exasperation: why the hell was she not allowed to enjoy her Dunhill with her Scotch? At that moment I was embarrassed for my city. I also wondered if the Massachusetts ban might dissuade certain performers from making Boston a stop on their itinerary.

More distressingly, Millard reports on a 2002 incident in Fairfax County, VA, in which the local police ran a sting in a bar, using a breathalyzer and arresting 18 patrons--inside the bar-- for "public intoxication." None them had attempted to drive; none had created a disturbance. (Second page from link).