No thanks; I'm trying to cut down:
"Victory stogie; Without debate, Massachusetts House votes to override Menino deal to close Hub cigar bars" May 04, 2011|By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff
Cigar aficionados won a major victory last week, when the Massachusetts House, long a bastion of cigar-chomping power brokers, voted quietly and without debate to let Boston’s cigar bars remain open indefinitely, despite Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s order that they begin closing in 2018....
Representative Aaron Michlewitz, a North End Democrat whose district includes two cigar bars, complained that thriving businesses should not be snuffed out. He tucked the measure into the state budget, overcoming a stiff lobbying campaign by the American Cancer Society and other antismoking groups....
Cough, cough, cough!
Maybe it's time to stop smoking -- if that is your choice.
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
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