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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 26 > Where there’s no smoke, will there be customers?

Where there’s no smoke, will there be customers?

Many local bar owners anticipate a short-term decline, but over the long haul, they hope the change will actually attract more customers

By Hillary Borrud / The Bulletin
December 26, 2008

New Year’s Eve in Oregon bars will be the last hurrah for smokers, who will have to stub out their cigarettes at midnight when an expansion of the state’s workplace smoking ban takes effect.

Some bar owners in Central Oregon said they are looking forward to the change, but....

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