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Old 03-15-2008, 10:14 AM
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Maybe they had other reasons to not go to bars.
Like being prudes? I think so.

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Old 03-15-2008, 10:27 AM
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I could say "I don't go to bars because of the smoke".

But fact is, even if there wasn't any smoking in bars, I still wouldn't go. So it doesn't affect me at all.

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Old 03-16-2008, 02:25 AM
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Maybe they had other reasons to not go to bars.
Then why the hell did they push so emphatically to make them all non-smoking? What business was it of theirs if they weren't going to patronize them anyway?

God I hate Smoke Nazis. (Not saying you are one, BTW...)

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Old 03-17-2008, 02:57 PM
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Maybe some bars in some areas are doing better (I'll wait and see if there's any proof of this) but a casino? I mean come on... have any of these anti-smokers ever been to a casino? Everybody smokes there! No wonder they're doing poorly. That shouldn't really have taken a rocket scientist to figure out that that would be the case.

Missouri is still a very smoker-friendly state (hell cigarette taxes are only 27 cents a pack and they've failed pushing through increases to that twice in the last like 10 years) so Alton's proximity to that couldn't help but hurt them!

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Old 03-18-2008, 05:37 PM
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St. Louis also has the new Lumiere as well, which I'm sure didn't help Alton.

Apparently Fast Eddie's in Alton is building an outdoor garden/closed pavilion for smokers.

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Old 03-19-2008, 02:52 AM
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St. Louis also has the new Lumiere as well, which I'm sure didn't help Alton.

Apparently Fast Eddie's in Alton is building an outdoor garden/closed pavilion for smokers.
How much is a pack or carton down there?

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Old 03-19-2008, 02:57 PM
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Packs are less than $3.75 anywhere in Missouri. Walgreen's always had Marlboros for more around $3.40. About $27 for a carton. Don't know about the IL side tho.

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Old 03-19-2008, 03:39 PM
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Packs are less than $3.75 anywhere in Missouri. Walgreen's always had Marlboros for more around $3.40. About $27 for a carton. Don't know about the IL side tho.

Thats pretty good.
Nah, I cant smoke those FSCs they make my sick!

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Old 03-19-2008, 03:47 PM
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What's FSC?

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What's FSC?
Fire Safe Cigarette.

http://www.firesafecigarettes.org

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