Eerste dode als gevolg van rookverbod New York

Een nachtportier is het eerste slachtoffer van het rookverbod in New York. De man, Dana Blake, werd door twee broers mishandeld toen hij hun verbood in de nachtclub te roken.

Blake’s older brother, Tony Blake, said Sunday he blamed the death on the smoking ban. ”I’m very bitter,” he said. ”It’s a senseless murder because of this stupid cigarette law. That’s the reason this guy was killed.”

Blake approached the men about 2:30 a.m. to tell them they could not smoke in the bar, police spokesman Michael O’Looney said. It was unclear whether one or both men were smoking, he said.

Harsh words were exchanged and the brawl began when Blake tried to eject Johnathan Chan for disorderly behavior, witnesses told police. Blake was stabbed in the fight, but it was unclear who stabbed him or with what, O’Looney said.

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    (Het is moeilijker een vooroordeel aan flarden te schieten dan een atoom.)
    Albert Einstein

  • "Als je alles zou laten dat slecht is voor je gezondheid, dan ging je kapot"
    Anonieme arts

  • "The effects of other people smoking in my presence is so small it doesn't worry me."
    Sir Richard Doll, 2001

  • "Een leugen wordt de waarheid als hij maar vaak genoeg wordt herhaald"
    Joseph Goebbels, Minister van Propaganda, Nazi Duitsland


  • "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • "There''s no such thing as perfect air. If there was, God wouldn''t have put bristles in our noses"
    Coun. Bill Clement

  • "Better a smoking freedom than a non-smoking tyranny"
    Antonio Martino, Italiaanse Minister van Defensie

  • "If smoking cigars is not permitted in heaven, I won't go."
    Mark Twain

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    Audrey Silk, NYCCLASH