Brad Dakake, a coordinator for Tobacco Free Mass., a coalition of state and national organizations that support the prevention of tobacco use, e-mailed supporters asking them to join him for a night of smoke-free dining.

Sipping a beer at Johnny D’s Uptown in Davis Square, Dakake said that a year ago he had to stop going to the bar, previously one of his favorite night spots, because he “didn’t want to breathe in cancer.”

University Health Services (UHS) Director Dr. David Rosenthal ’59, along with his wife, met up with Dakake at the Joshua Tree, also in Davis Square.

Rosenthal said he has been a long-time advocate for curbing smoking in communities, and UHS is a member of Tobacco Free Mass.

“One reason we’re so happy in celebrating is because we have had a lot of defeats,” he said.

The supporters who gathered at Toad said they are intent on seeing Massachusetts pass a statewide ban on smoking in the workplace, a measure currently being considered by the state legislature.

State Representative Rachel Kaprielian, D—29th Middlesex, told the Toad crowd that “the tsunami is coming to stamp out smoking.”

“Today, Cambridge and Somerville. Tomorrow, the state,” said Kaprielian, who is co-sponsoring the proposed bill to ban workplace smoking. “It is only right. It is only just. It is only time.”