According to the passage, which of the following is true?

Controversy has arisen over policing the new anti-smoking law. Bar and restaurant owners face hefty fines of up to nearly 3,000 dollars if any of their clients light up. Many say they will refuse to call the police to deal with transgressors who also face a350-dollar fine.

The larger, far more important point is that in a society as individualistic as ours, it’s especially important to protect and nurture the countervailing institutions. It’s so easy for the powerful force of individualism to wash over and transform institutions -- like family, religion and the military -- that are supposed to be based on self-sacrifice, loyalty and love.