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Salem cigar and tobacco shop owners work against smoking ban

Posted By: Doug on Tuesday Apr 17, 2007
Filed Under: Cigar Laws, Cigar Industry

In Salem, N.H several dozen cigar and tobacco shop owners are working together to oppose a smoking ban in bars and restaurants.

Even though cigar and tobacco shops are exempt from the ban, the groups sees this as a potentially very bad thing for their business.

David Garofalo, who runs the Salem shop “Two Guys Smoke Shop” said:

“I have a problem being the exemption. This bill is worse than it looks… We’re going from someone buying a box of cigars to a single cigar that they’ll smoke here.”

An interesting point that I honestly haven’t considered a great deal as it seems the best we can EVER hope for is an exemption these days.

Also I am always tempted to believe that much of the bulk cigar purchases being made these days is moving online.
The deals are just so much better online when you’re buying a box or more.

For me anyway local cigar shops have become a place to try new things, meet BOTLs, and share a cigar and conversation.
And while the social aspect of the cigar shop is a very important one (for our national culture let alone we cigar smokers) giving the local tobacconist every reasonable chance to compete with the online world is also a pretty important thing.

Garofalo goes on to say that he would like the state to stay out of regulating where people can and can’t smoke and let business owners make that decision.

Wow what a novel Idea.

Preach on brother Garofalo!
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(soruce: boston.com)