Paul Berger is a staff writer at The Forward. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The (London) Times, The Daily and Guardian.co.uk.

Feb
06

In Barrooms, Smoking Ban Is Less Reviled

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“Its (sic) acceptable for teenagers to get drunk every now and again, but a forty year-old working man can’t have a cigarette and a pint on a Friday night.”

Taken from a story headlined Publicans’ Call to bin Smoking Ban on icperthshire.co.uk. Look out for more quotes like this as the UK smoking dilemma continues.

But eventually, all you are going to see are stories like these from The New York Times: In Barrooms, Smoking Ban Is Less Reviled.

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