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To: NaughtiusMaximus
Maine is none too rich, and it collects a bucket of money from smokers.

Actually, our local restaurants went no-smoke many years before it became law. Good 20+ years now. here customer base increased substantially.

The difference between theory and actuality?

32 posted on 05/22/2006 6:49:44 AM PDT by maine-iac7 (Lincoln: "...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.")
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To: maine-iac7; NaughtiusMaximus
Actually, our local restaurants went no-smoke many years before it became law. Good 20+ years now. here customer base increased substantially.

Where do you live?  MILO?  haha! You must live in one of those one horse towns off the Interstate.

35 posted on 05/22/2006 6:53:59 AM PDT by SheLion ("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
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$162 million in taxes. In theory someone's going to have to make that amount up. Bread, board and booze tax in restaurants?


39 posted on 05/22/2006 7:13:08 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Join me! Every night I pray for Global Warming . (And I think it's beginning to work.))
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