A Dark Day in Toronto For Cigar Smokers
May 31st, 2006
From Rich at CigarCyclopedia comes this news:
Another draconian smoking ban goes into effect today in the Canadian province of Ontario, including the formerly cosmopolitan city of Toronto.
“There is a cigar culture in Toronto,” noted Stephen Hajtun, speaking to The Globe and Mail, Canada’s most respected newspaper in an interview last week. Not any more, Stephen.
The ban covers smoking in all enclosed spaces, including retail tobacco stores!
“The impact will be disastrous” was the comment from well-known tobacconist Thomas Hinds, whose store in the Yorkville section of Toronto has been a destination for smokers for 35 years.
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