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Both MD (the state, some communities are whacky) & Penn & NJ don't have any weird smoking laws like Delaware.

And that's where the Delaware people are going.

Penn. Has a state law that prevents any community from passing their own smoking ban and the state isn't going smoke free anytime soon.

NJ. Is weird, Each town sets it's own policy in regards to resturants & bars so I am not sure the state can ban smoking everywhere. Everytown has it's own bar closing times for instance and some towns are actually totally dry by law. Some NJ towns like Princeton tried to ban smoking but everytime a ban comes up it has been soundly defeated. Baffonberg is hoping NJ follows suit but I wouldn't count on it. NJ is small like Delaware and many people can just hop into Penn. or other parts of NY state and NJ will be the big winner in this if they are smart enough to avoid a stupid ban because they get people from delaware spending their money and if the ban does go in effect in NYC people there will come into Hoboken (5 min. PATH ride, big party towm)and people will stay in Jersey (Go to any club in Manhattan, Half the people in any of them are from Jersey, They will stay now stay in Jersey and spend their money there). Atlantic City is also in heavy competion with Foxwoods so a ban would be suicide. Plus the govenor Mcgreevy (D)is very corupt so all the resturant buisness has to do is pay him off like they did when they wanted to lower the DWI blood alcohol limit and all talk of smoking bans will disappear.

Now just what are the surrounding states rules on smoking? Can they hurt Delaware?

It's going to be an interesting summer for Delaware. Their beach resorts compete with NJ, MD, and to a lesser extent VA for the beach crowds. A lot of the beach goers are college students and twenty-somethings. They smoke in higher numbers than the population in general.

BTW, my county has had draconian anti-smoking laws for awhile now. The businesses that went under included most of the coffee shops where retirees used to hang out for breakfast and coffee with their friends. I don't know what they do instead.