Smoke-free bars & clubs? Yes

NY Daily ^ | 10/10/02 | JOSEPH W. CHERNER

[HIDEK6]

Very few musicians are non-smokers.

I think you are pulling this assertion out of thin air. While I'm on the same side of this smoking thing that you are, you don't help the cause by doing what you accuse the other side of doing.

[maxwell]

Awright y'all, this armchair is MINE. Anybody who touches it gets bitten. YeeHA.

[Max McGarrity]

I admittedly don't know many musicians, maybe two dozen in all; some play bars and some play in orchestras. Of those, probably half smoke...tobacco or ? I do know, however, that studies show a far greater percentage of hospitality workers are smokers than in the general population.

[Great Dane]

you don't help the cause by doing what you accuse the other side of doing.

My statement is from personal experience, knew a lot of musicians, can you prove otherwise. ?

[SheLion]

Written by Joe Cherner himself. The biggest Anti Smoker working with Bloomberg on the East Coast!

Ahhhhh, Joe Cherner. The "alernate lifestyle" guy trying to tell the REST of us how to live, when in fact, most of us detest HIS lifestyle. That's for sure.

[SheLion]

Barbra streisand music makes me ill.

Barbra Streisand makes ME ill, PERIOD! Barbara Barf Alert!

[SheLion]

Very few musicians are non-smokers.

You got THAT right! I've worked with a lot of bands in my life, and they all smoked! It's part of the business!

(courtesy of metesky)

[HIDEK6]

Very few musicians are non-smokers.

I hate getting distracted by all this smoking vs anti-smoking bullshit, but I can't bear ignorance.

I have played the piano at a high professional level for 36 years. Most of the musicians with whom I have performed do not smoke, but are not anal about it. I guess the total number involved here is approximately 83, 70 of whom do not smoke. However, they do not view the other 13 as either pariahs or people that they'd rather not be around.

The musicians of my acquaintance have more important things to do than be concerned about smoking.