This was a good bit of news in an otherwise awful day for me. I'm sorry that smokers will be put out by this, I really am, but I can't say I'm too upset. My girlfriend was recently diagnosed with asthma, and it's really pretty bad for her when we're in smoking spaces. For me it's just highly annoying. We go to small clubs to see local bands all the time (my best friends' band plays a lot), and sometimes it gets really bad. Sometimes I'm suprised the smokers can take the air in these places.

Anyway, I just wanted to share. I wasn't sure if we had discussed the bans in other cities here before. How do you New Yorkers feel about it? Any smokers happy? Any non-smokers upset?