November 24, 2003

Beautiful people

    The NY POST reports two NY legislators are leading a move to have the state's bar and restaurant anti-smoking laws rolled back by permitting qualified establishments to set their own smoking policy.

    Allow business owners a modicum of control over their own destinies?  What a novel idea.  Especially when "some businesses are down by 40 percent to 50 percent because of the smoking bans."

   But, wait.  What constitutes a "qualified establishment?"
"... any bar of food-service establishment that already has a liquor license would be able to apply for a license that for $100 would permit on-premise smoking."
  God bless 'em. These people just can't help themselves. Posted by pecksnif at November 24, 2003 08:00 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Only drinkers can smoke? Interesting. And reminds me of a report about a month or so ago - a club for former/recovering alcoholics where this alcohol-tobacco license link is in force could not get a smoking license because they did not have a liquor license, and could not get a liquor license because they were "obviously" not going to use it.

Drink up.

Posted by: John Anderson on November 24, 2003 08:40 AM

Heh. Maybe that'd work here. I've heard through the grapevine that one of the local college bars/restaurants that went non-smoking last year is about to go under. Now there's a stupid business plan for you....cater to college kids, get a booming business built up then ban smoking.

Posted by: Rita on November 24, 2003 08:48 AM
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