Comments on: Stogie News: Annapolis Eyeing Statewide Smoking Ban

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The Stogie Guys » Blog Archive » Stogie Guys Friday Sampler XXXII — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:07:57 +0000

[...] 4) As if instituting a state-wide smoking ban wasn’t enough, commenter Jerry from the Stogie Review adds that the anti-tobacco activists in the Maryland state government are also increasing the tobacco tax by 25%. That said, we’d like to invite all the Maryland cigar smokers to join their DC-friends over here in Northern Virginia, where – at least for the moment – you can still light up without being hassled by anti-smoking jack booted thugs. [...]

By: Jerry @ Stogie Review

Jerry @ Stogie Review — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:04:35 +0000

Not to depress my fellow MD citizens even more, not only does the State Wide smoking ban have a good chance of passing this year but also a nice 25% increase in tobacco tax is on the horizon as well to help pay for new programs. Question though, who will pay for these new programs when people stop buying their smokes in MD? Oh yeah, the difference will need to be made up by non-smokers. So please don’t let non-smokers take the attitude of “I don’t smoke, it doesn’t affect me” cause when smokers take their business elsewhere, the money to fund these new programs will come from someplace else.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:26:17 +0000

I hope you guys all got a chance to celebrate “Ash” Wednesday properly.

I don’t know about you, but I bundled up and headed outside with a nice robusto.

So is there actually a religious tie-in, or what?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:58:49 +0000

I did notice, and it was nice! Until I started reading StogieGuys I didn’t hear much about smoking bans, except occasionally from Cigar Dave. Reading the posts here has got me scared, but maybe that’s a good thing. Like you said – it’s a bummer to read about but it’s certainly necessary to shed the light; lest one day even us Virginians will wake up to smoking bans and not even know it!

By: Patrick A

Patrick A — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:42:03 +0000

I don’t know if you all noticed, but — up until today’s post — StogieGuys.com went more than a full week without mentioning smoking bans.

These paternalistic laws can be a bit depressing. But, let’s face it, when you write about cigars seven days a week, it’s hard to not mention them.