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   From: green_knight@greenknight.org.uk.invalid   
      
   Zeborah wrote:   
      
   > John would probably disapprove of the situation in New Zealand.  Smoking   
   > is banned in all restaurants, bars, etc.  It means I can actually go to   
   > the pub now.(1)  I don't know that the net effect is strictly in favour   
   > of Puritanism. :-)   
   >   
   > (1) I don't go often, but I don't go out *anywhere* often.  I've   
   > certainly gone more often since the ban was enacted than I had before   
   > it.   
      
   I find that it's much less exhausting to be out when you can breathe   
   freely, and not having to wash everything you wore because it's reeking   
   of smoke is a nice bonus.   
      
   Catja   
      
      
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