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Smoking's giving drinking a bad name
The Newark Star-Ledger ^ | April 01, 2004 | Paul Mulshine

Posted on 04/01/2004 2:40:44 PM PST by NJ Freeper

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:39:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

It's nice to be right every once in a while. Last year, for example, I went to New York City immediately after smoking was banned in bars. I found it an altogether pleasant experience to be able to enjoy a few pints of ale without coming home smelling like I'd just rolled around in a gutter filled with cigarette butts.


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Someone please ping the puff list. I don't know how.

Is this guy a nut or what. Now smokers are psycho and are to blame for alcoholism. For anyone who think's appeasing the smoke nazis will get you anywhere you only need read this article.

BTW, I'm an ex-smoker but fully support smokers and bar owners in there fight against the smoke nazis.

1 posted on 04/01/2004 2:40:45 PM PST by NJ Freeper
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To: d-back
Ping.
2 posted on 04/01/2004 2:41:12 PM PST by NJ Freeper
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3 posted on 04/01/2004 2:42:54 PM PST by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: NJ Freeper
First he says moderate drinking is good for you. But he uses no similar standard for smoking, merely saying smoking kills you.

Excuse me, but MODERATE smoking is also not a killer. In fact, it is good for some people, relaxing the nerves.

4 posted on 04/01/2004 2:46:48 PM PST by what's up
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To: NJ Freeper; SheLion
Ping!

(Shelion holds the list)
5 posted on 04/01/2004 2:46:53 PM PST by netmilsmom (Busybody of Free Republic)
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To: *puff_list; SheLion
PING
6 posted on 04/01/2004 2:47:23 PM PST by Fraulein
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To: NJ Freeper
Bars used to sell cigarettes. An investigation needs to be made into the revenue that takes into account the tobacco sales they lost.

Also some smokers may be more anxious and quicker to buy another drink without that smoke in their hands.

Without polling customers, it is hard to come to any conclusion as to why "sales are up". All that is there is obeserved data.

7 posted on 04/01/2004 2:47:55 PM PST by weegee (I'm anti-establishment. I oppose the liberal media elites.)
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To: NJ Freeper; *puff_list
NJFreeper:

Done. And thanks for the support.

Regards,
8 posted on 04/01/2004 2:49:29 PM PST by VermiciousKnid
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To: NJ Freeper
He informed me that 40 percent of the cigarettes sold in America are consumed by people with definable psychological diseases and mental illnesses.

Wait until he sees a profile of the people who self-medicate with illegal recreational drugs.

9 posted on 04/01/2004 2:51:07 PM PST by weegee (I'm anti-establishment. I oppose the liberal media elites.)
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To: NJ Freeper
I went on a PUB Crawl in Boston the weekend of 3/17/ ( my birthday )My wife and I are ex-smokers and beleive if you got em, smoke em . However, the bars were packed to the gills with waiting lines outside. At one point my wife mentioned that they were non -smoking bars .(can't imagine how I didn't notice ) The no smoking ordinance didn't seem to hinder the population in the bars at all. Scenery was so nice I ran out of beads in no time at all.
10 posted on 04/01/2004 2:56:17 PM PST by Renegade
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To: NJ Freeper
I'm a non-smoker living near Warrenton, VA. There's an Irish pub in Warrenton having great beer and live music that I love. I would be happy to go there a couple of times a week. The problem is that the place is filled with smoke. Every time my wife and I go in my wife winds up with a headache (from smoke, not drinking) and both of us have to send our clothes to the cleaners, which adds about $10 to the bar tab. For those reasons, we have chosen not to go there anymore. I suppose the bar owners need to decide which clientele, smokers or non-smokers, will generate more business.
11 posted on 04/01/2004 3:00:24 PM PST by KevinB
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To: NJ Freeper
My idea of heaven would be to be trapped in a room full of smokers,mentally ill or not.(His 40% statistic re: mental illness and smoking is bull****!)

It would be much more fun than hanging out with the white wine and brie crowd.

At least you'd hear lot of laughter,not too much laughter with the PC crowd.

Got to go get in my straight jacket now and have my aide light me a cig.
12 posted on 04/01/2004 3:04:14 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen--caviar and cigarettes)
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To: Gabz
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13 posted on 04/01/2004 3:04:59 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen--caviar and cigarettes)
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To: NJ Freeper
"Studies" say that 80-90% of alcoholics smoke, and that smoking makes drinking more pleasurable and drinking makes smoking more pleasurable?

How about: If you are a person prone to addiction, why wouldn't you have a greater tendency to be addicted to both cigarettes and alcohol?

Duh.

14 posted on 04/01/2004 3:05:30 PM PST by Siouxz
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To: KevinB
That is the way it ougth to be. The bar owners decide if they allow smoking. If there is a market for non-smoking bars then open one. This idea of legislating smoking in bars is offensive to any that believe in a free market economy, which I do.
15 posted on 04/01/2004 3:05:59 PM PST by Ignatius J Reilly
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To: KevinB
I hear ya. I'm allergic to cats, I break out in hives, my eyes itch, and I can't breath good.... thank goodness you can't bring your cat to a bar! ha,ha. But, smoking does the same thing (except the hives part), but somehow it's okay to make non-smoking patrons itchy and scratchy!!
16 posted on 04/01/2004 3:08:15 PM PST by Gershkies
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To: NJ Freeper
I just read this article for the second time and I'll bet this guy is a bona-fide lush!!!!

He's really defending his right to drink,and also claiming it is healthy.
17 posted on 04/01/2004 3:09:14 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen--caviar and cigarettes)
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He informed me that 40 percent of the cigarettes sold in America are consumed by people with definable psychological diseases and mental illnesses.

ROTFL...I did a study which showed that 90 percent of professors who do studies at universities are people with definable psychological diseases and mental illnesses.
18 posted on 04/01/2004 3:10:38 PM PST by microgood
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To: netmilsmom; *puff_list; Just another Joe; Great Dane; Madame Dufarge; MeeknMing; steve50; ...
Thanks for the ping. I just got back online. Let me read this more.


19 posted on 04/01/2004 3:11:24 PM PST by SheLion (Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
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To: NJ Freeper
Mulshine's right about Kudlow's argument. How anyone could make smoking a First Amendment issue is beyond me.

But he's dead wrong on just about every other point. Anti-smoking laws should not be passed just because people like Mulshine (and me, BTW) don't like to smell like cigarette smoke when they get home at night. Before New York City passed a single anti-smoking ordinance, Mulshine was perfectly capable of staying away from any bar or restaurant that didn't maintain a smoke-free environment.

His comment about cell phones is exactly what this article is all about. Laws have nothing to do with public safety, protecting the rights of citizens, etc. -- they are supposed to ensure that Paul Mulshine can go through his life without ever being bothered by anything.

He is New Jersey's best, I guess. This state is filled with @ssholes like him.

20 posted on 04/01/2004 3:16:47 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Alberta -- the TRUE north strong and free.)
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