On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:03:01 -0400, Brian
wrote something wonderfully witty:
>On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:10:35 -0400, Rosalie B.
> wrote:
>
>
>>We were in London the first week of June this year. I understand the
>>complete smoking ban in London went into effect the first of July. I
>>know that people smoked in 2002 when I was there, and since at that
>>time there was a ban on smoking in workplaces (except bars) in
>>Maryland (where I live), I was a little surprised at that.
>
>I live in MD also. Different states have different regulations. It's
>easy to forget but we've been surprised to walk into restaurants in
>other states and smoking is allowed.
>>
And why shouldn't it be? If a smoke-free resturant/bar was a viable
business model someone would have gone with it voluntarily along time
ago. Right now a smokeable one would be a very viable business model,
but we've legislated away a niche business.
>>I've had the perception that Europeans smoked much more than North
>>Americans - I was on a train going from German to Italy in 1964, and
>>the border/customs person asked me how many cigarettes I had, and when
>>I said I did not smoke, he really appeared not to believe me.
>
>Things have changed a lot since then. I was in high school and college
>in that era. The high school senior lounge allowed smoking and so did
>college classooms. ( I actually did go to high school and college in
>the same place but I think it was representative of the times.)
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