Finn McCool's goes non-smoking for a day as a "social experiment"
 

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag...8-img_1108.jpg One of the arguments raised during this year?s legislative debate over banning smoking in Louisiana bars was the point that any bar could change its own smoking policy now, without waiting for passage or defeat of the ban. (As it has in previous sessions, this year?s attempt at a ban went down in flames.)


Stephen and Pauline Patterson, the owners of the popular Mid-City pub Finn McCool?s, decided to put it to the test with what they call a ?social experiment?: yesterday the ashtrays came off the tables and Finn?s went smoke-free for 14 and a half hours: 9:30 a.m. to midnight.? [ Read more ]

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