From: clematis@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article , fuerzo@earthlink.net   
   says...   
      
   >spelled the end for spittoons.   
      
   In fact, as another poster has pointed out,   
   spittoons are still found in some barber   
   shops and bars/saloons today. In the USA   
   men went to barber shops (with spittoons)   
   until the 1970s, when having one's hair   
   "styled" in a beauty shop became faddish,   
   and remains so today, with barber shops   
   becoming dinosaurs.   
      
   In addition to chewing tobacco, which was more popular   
   in former days, today snuff is a big seller.   
   You see ads every day in men's magazines   
   for the popular brands. People who work in   
   industries in the USA where smoking is not   
   allowed will opt for snuff or chewing tobacco   
   when on the job. I'm thinking here of oil   
   refineries and chemical plants and such.   
      
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