Guest/ Anne, in context I believe it is perfectly clear that I speak of Alaska and specifically of Juneau, its capital city.

I don't know how many eateries/pubbities there are in Juneau (My apartment looks down on or is in earshot of five bars) but as I say: No pubs/bars in Juneau have closed in these several years since the smoking ban, whether because of the ban or anything else.

Incidentally my mind boggles at the number of pubs in the UK there appear to be. In the US liquor licenses (the right to serve liquor) are issued on the basis primarily of the numbers already existing and the surrounding populations served.

On occasion an establishment loses its license, either temporarily or permanently, because of infractions of the code. Most often those infractions consist of being caught serving undearage people.

However I remember one establishment in Oregon years ago that lost even its right to serve food, much less liquor, because the city decided that certain elements of the population gravitated to it in an unhealthy fashion. Lots of fights there and there was even a murder in it.