Does anyone notice or care?  I didn't know that Golden (for instance) banned smoking in downtown Golden.  It's not like I thought, "wow, there isn't smoke here!" last time I visited.

And the thought of the 16th Street Mall as the 'crown jewel' of Denver is ridiculous.  There are so many other parts of the city that are so much better than the mall.  Even the nearby neighborhoods like LoDo, 5 Points, River North, etc, are so much more interesting.