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The Sad Plight of Cigar Smokers
Posted: 04:30 PM ET, November 06, 2009
Today I watched a bit of the Yankees celebratory parade at lunch with some friends here in New York. We decided to enjoy a short cigar before heading back to the office.
Outside, of course—New York has a pretty strict smoking ban.
It was a bit cool, but not too cold, and we lit our smokes and puffed away. After a minute or two we were joined by another man from the same eatery. He had his own cigar, a machine-made smoke without a band. It looked like it could be a White Owl. He lit up and smiled, happy to have some smoking company.
“What are you smoking?” I asked.
“Ah, it’s nothing special,” he said. He explained how he used to smoke better cigars, but traded down because he has no where to smoke them, and typically only gets in a handful of puffs before tossing his cigar.
Sad state of affairs.
It was just a bit ironic that Mayor Michael Bloomberg was the one handing out the keys to the city to the New York Yankees. Mayor Bloomberg, just elected to a third term after changing the term limits that would prohibit such a thing, was the one to usher in New York’s smoking ban.
Have smoking bans forced you to change what you smoke—or where you smoke?
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User Name: Nick Lisewych, Lynnwood, WA Posted: 11:37 PM ET, November 08, 2009
1) Not at all. 2) Absolutely. When the smoking ban passed in Washington State back in 2005, the law even affected smoke shops and cigar lounges. The only place I can smoke indoors these days is in my garage or at one of the local Indian casinos. Side note: I'm attending my first Big Smoke next weekend...I can't wait.