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   Craig Cockburn to Tim Oldham   
   Re: Smoking in pubs news as reported by    
   05 Dec 20 10:02:36   
   
   From: craig@siliconglen.com   
      
   On Wednesday, 14 November 1990 at 12:09:06 UTC, Tim Oldham wrote:   
   > In article <1990Nov1...@craigy.enet.dec.com> cock...@marvin.enet.dec.com   
   writes:   
   > >The Maltman in Renfield Street pursued a no-smoking policy   
   > >for a year and a half in one of its three bars. Hardly anyone came.   
   > >So MacInnes reversed the no-smoking policy last year.   
   > >Within a month business was up by 60%.   
   > Hah! Market forces win over health fascist minority bastard no-hoper killjoy   
   > loners!   
   > I suppose you're the sort of person who'd refuse to bring back the   
   > duty-frees after a trip abroad. Roll on 1992, uniform taxes and cheap French   
   > cigarettes! A blue haze in every pub in the land.   
   > 100 Gauloise, please, and a big box of matches. Oh, and mine's a pint.   
   > Tim. Hit tab.   
   > --   
   > Tim Oldham, BT Applied Systems. t...@its.bt.co.uk or ...uunet!ukc!its!tjo   
   > Well, you'd have a corporate siege mentality, too.   
      
   Tim.   
      
   How did it work out for you?   
      
   Craig.   
      
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