Friday, February 25 2011
By Mike Nichols | Central Michigan Life
Mount Pleasant smokers are feeling the cold more than their nicotine-free counterparts this season.
Since the May 2010 enactment of Michigan’s Smoke Free Air law, which made it illegal to smoke inside restaurants and bars, smokers have been forced to either wait to leave or light up on the sidewalks of the establishments. In the cold winter months, this has made getting a nicotine fix very unpleasant for some.
“There’s a percentage of people that stay home now because it’s too cold,” said Melissa Gross, a bartender at Rubbles Bar, 112 W. Michigan. “I would if I smoked.”
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