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 From: cuntyrice@lying.slut.com 
  
 slim wrote: 
 > "** Bu$h's Porch Monkey **" wrote: 
 >> 
 >> Phil wrote: 
 >>> On 13 Apr 2004 11:59:57 -0700, dnland@spencer-lawfirm.com (David) 
 >>> wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>> butch44@id7.com (whesen) wrote in message 
 >>>> It seems that big tobacco has a plan to fight the smoking issue 
 >>>> through 
 >>>>> the hospitality industry and everytime a new ban is in the works, 
 >>>>> a group of bar and restaurant owners/operators get together and 
 >>>>> start spreading stories about financial hardship they will have 
 >>>>> if bans go through. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>> Pierce County Washington (tacoma), just recently passed a smoking 
 >>>> ban in all restaurants and bars. While I don't have any problem 
 >>>> with the ban, it is obvious that the ban has had a drastic effect 
 >>>> at least here in Washington on business. Since the ban 2 months 
 >>>> ago, all of our non-tribal casinos have been hemoraging business 
 >>>> as the gamblers drive out to the tribal casinos where they can 
 >>>> still smoke even within the county. The casinos' business has 
 >>>> dropped by almost fifty percent and they've already laid off more 
 >>>> than 1/3 of their staff. While the ban is a good thing, and I 
 >>>> support it, no one can claim that it does not have an effect on 
 >>>> business. 
 >>> 
 >>> When the ban spread across New York, the Ramapo Valley Brewery, in 
 >>> Suffern, lost a lot of business as the smokers walked a few blocks 
 >>> into Jersey where they could smoke in bars.  The owners put a sign 
 >>> on their sign and (I think) in some advertisements asking when the 
 >>> non-smokers will be showing up to support the business. 
 >>> 
 >>> They haven't. 
 >> 
 >> Just goes to show you, lowlife addicts have no loyalty to anything 
 >> or anyone except their pathetic drug addiction. Why didn't the 
 >> smokers show support for their long-time bars and simply smoke 
 >> outside as needed? 
 >> 
 >> Sucker. 
 > 
 > There's nothing sadder to see than jonesing junkies getting their 
 > fixes 
 > in front of office buildings and bars. 
  
 I think it's funny ... it makes me laugh... I want to see it more often. 
  
  
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