Oregon’s not the only state that put a smoking ban into effect today:
Bars in Utah smell different - a lot less smoky. Utah’s Indoor Clean Air Act - better known as the smoking ban - is now in effect.
On Wednesday, the inside of some Utah bars were filled with cigarettes and smoke. But on this first day of 2009 something’s not in the air. The cigarettes are still out due to habit but gone are the plumes of smoke.
To be honest, this is one smoking ban I just can’t get upset about. I would have thought Utah had banned smoking a long time ago. And people actually go to the bars there? Talk about burying the lede!
Previously:
Utah, future home of the Vieux Carré
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Happy New Year, Jacob and thanks for the smoking updates.
I believe that we should start a new tradition where we smoke everytime a new ban goes into effect. Bonus points for traveling to a bar where smoking is still allowed. I imagine we’ll find fewer and fewer of these places.
I like it. And even more points if you smoke in a bar where smoking isn’t allowed by the local rulers.
I smoked in a bar in Boston on the night before the ban went into effect. I felt pretty good about it.