Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Can we stop Febrezing our coats now?

Wow. The DC smoking ban actually passed (WP). This will undoubtedly be a boon to public health, as in New York, which has seen a decrease in the smoking rate among other benefits.

But then there are people like the friend of mine who felt the need to smoke a little extra as he related news of the ban at The Ugly Mug last night. It makes me wonder whether we will see longer-term decreases in the overall smoking rate, but shorter-term, more intense smoking as people smoke while the smokin's good.

1 Comments:

Anonymous KCinDC said...

Sounds like I made a good decision to avoid the Ugly Mug last night. I'd had enough smoke exposure last week. Were you at the Hands On DC happy hour?

December 8, 2005 12:25:00 AM EST  

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