[Tango-L] Tango-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 2

[Paul Akmajian]

Dear Deby,

This news is very much in keeping with what has happened in communities
across the US (NYC and elsewhere) where smoking bans have been enacted. The
initial reaction has always been that businesses and restaurants would lose
money and that people would stay away because they couldn't smoke. In fact
the opposite has been found to be true: business got better because people
who stayed away because of the smoke started going, and smokers found a way
to adapt.

I hope the positive reaction at Gricel means that Porteños will follow the
same pattern. It is certainly good news for North Americans and others who
love Buenos Aires but hate the smoke at milongas.

Paul


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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:16:29 -0300
> From: Deby Novitz <dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com>
> Subject: [Tango-L] Smoking in the milongas
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
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> Today, October 1, is the first day of the new law prohibiting places of
> less than 100 meters to have smoking.  Those at 100 meters or more may
> only have up to 30% for smoking - however, there must be no contact with
> smoke in the non-smoking areas.  The rules are so stringent it would
> cost too much for most places to consider a smoking area.  The fines for
> ignoring the law are stiff.
> 
> The real question is, will people respect these laws?  All I can tell
> you so far is that on Friday at Gricel, it was announced that starting
> on Sunday Gricel would be non-smoking to adhere to the new laws.  To
> everyone's surprise a loud cheer and applause erupted from the crowd.
> As we say in Spanish...Vamos a ver...(we'll see) I will let you know
> during the week what I find.  For now it seems people are going to
> faltar los puchos..
> 
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