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Some Flint Journal readers fumed over May 1 smoking ban in Michigan's bars and restaurants, others ready for fresh air with food 

Jump to full article: Michigan Live, 2010-03-10
Author: Melissa Burden * Flint Journal

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Some Flint Journal readers are just plain fumed over a May 1 law that will ban smoking in Michigan's bars, restaurants, hotels and other places that serve food.

Some readers also aren''t too keen on the idea of smoking huts, which a Flint Township-based company builds for area businesses such as General Motors, serving as a solution for smokers.

"Well thank all you do-gooders. Just go to the bars and see how many people are smoking, 50 to 80 percent. Now they can't smoke (and) won't go there no more. The business owners lose that many customers, another OUT OF BUSINESS in Michigan. Thanks," wrote Moderntime.

Other readers such as fasbike66 are ready for the change.

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