The Smoking Singles Club

You probably heard that this year there is no smoking at the Bangor State Fair. You’ll now find little smoking areas which puts the fair in compliance with state law banning smoking within 20 feet of an entryway, vent or doorway of a workplace or other public venue. Twenty feet was obviously an arbitrary figure because, as you certainly know, cigarette smoke can be detected at 300 feet by any non-smoker with a bad cold. Consider the social ramifications of these new regulations: Congested smoking areas now serve the same function as walking your dog in days gone by: Your smoke intimately mingles, much as two dogs once tangled leashes, which makes the Bangor State Fair an ideal place to meet that special smoking someone. On the other hand, one woman who was working at the fair said that having to leave her booth and crowd into the smoking tent was a major inconvenience. Another vendor at...
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