On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Stewart Mason wrote:
> >Any insight on the effect the ban has had in NYC ?
>
> go outside if they're having a nic fit; I walk our dog every night and one
> of our favored routes takes us right in front of the Paradise, which almost
> always has about half a dozen people slouching on the sidewalk smoking
> anyway.  I'm sure that if I still smoked, that's what I'd do too.

According to a clubgoing friend who lives in NYC and (of course)
walks everywhere, the sidewalk smoking crowds can get large and
problematic. She finds herself pushed out into the street as she
dodges cloud-covered hordes every block or so.