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Smoking Boom Leads to Smoking Bust
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jan 26, 2010
Modified Jan 26, 2010
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Thanks a lot, Times. It seems that since they blew the lid on smokeasies a few weeks ago, there has been serious re-cracking down on Bloomberg's smoking ban. The Times reported that bars like GoldBar and the Libertine freely allowed bar-goers to smoke inside, and some even hired cigarette girls to hand out free smokes. But Steve Lewis of BlackBook has seen a change since the piece was published: "Nightclubs are being inspected by teams of cops and health department mercenaries constantly and it’s beginning to get ugly. An operator has told me that you can expect a visit at least every other day." Well, it was fun while it lasted. Just nobody tell the Times about all those old-timey salteasies that have been popping up in Brooklyn!
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