Smoking Ban
Michigan’s finally done it:
Granholm signed the new law, which takes effect May 1, at a smoke-free bar in downtown Lansing.
There’s something funny about that. The state needs to pass legislation to regulate smoking in restaurants and bars because these establishments won’t become smoke-free on their own. Probably a true statement for many establishments. Not a true statement for the smoke-free bar in which the law was signed. It would have made a stronger statement to sign it in a place that will be affected by the new legislation.
Actually, this bar might be affected—negatively. If part of the special appeal of this place is its smoke-free atmosphere, it is about to become un-special.