As of Friday afternoon, Nebraska’s 11 cigar bars and the shops that sell tobacco products were pondering their options. They were not parties to the case before the Supreme Court but could potentially pursue federal lawsuits.

Attorney General Jon Bruning’s office, which defended the existing law and its exemptions, could ask the court to reconsider the ruling, a request that is rarely granted.

A Bruning spokeswoman said the office was in the process of reviewing the opinion.

There was one bit of good news for smokers on Friday: The court ruled that smoking can be allowed in designated hotel rooms. The judges reasoned that the rooms are akin to private residences, where the law allows smoking, except in homes used as day care centers.

The court’s ruling came in response to an appeal of the state smoking ban by Big John’s Billiards, which had hoped to allow smoking at its pool halls by getting the entire act ruled unconstitutional.

But the Supreme Court, in its 20-page ruling, found that the smoking ban in public places remains enforceable, even though it struck down the exemptions extended to cigar bars and tobacco stores.