If I were a tourist and could not vape/smoke on sidewalk of mall I might cruise down the mall, but probably would not stay long enough to spend money.
The problem with 16th street is that they turned a city street into a pedestrian mall and it runs from one end of downtown to the other end. The only vehicles allowed on the street are the mall shuttle bus and law enforcement vehicles. If you were to come here for a convention or event at a downtown hotel, you would pretty much be trapped without a car, and parking is crazy expensive and scarce. If this law passes, you would be forced to move a block either way from 16th St. to streets that are pretty much dead after the workers go home, or into an alley with the dumpsters and other fun stuff that comes with life in the big city. As a vaper, you might get away with stealth in your room, but if you smoke, you are
I've refused to spend any money in Boulder or other local cities that ban smoking in public to avoid even giving them sales tax money. If I am forced to go somewhere with anti-smoking laws, I will spend as little money as possible, including brown-bagging meals if possible. If this law passes, I would recommend that folks find another place to stay and boycott Denver and any places along the mall if you can.
