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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-10531 CarnifeX Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-10531 Rather than having a "smoke free" restaurant or bar where the patrons are not allowed to smoke, the ban or regulation should be based on air quality. Provide smokers and non-smokers alike the right to enjoy themselves and leave the responsibility to the restaurant to make the decision as to how to do it. The restaurant can say, we are a non-smoking establishment or they can implement proper smoke control strategies to ensure everyone's happiness. Signed, -A non-smoker

Rather than having a “smoke free” restaurant or bar where the patrons are not allowed to smoke, the ban or regulation should be based on air quality. Provide smokers and non-smokers alike the right to enjoy themselves and leave the responsibility to the restaurant to make the decision as to how to do it. The restaurant can say, we are a non-smoking establishment or they can implement proper smoke control strategies to ensure everyone’s happiness.

Signed,
-A non-smoker

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-10530 Dana Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:22:29 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-10530 The smoke-status is by way of an overwhelming vote by the public against tobacco use in the restaurant. The longer we allow the rest of the nation to associate us with tobacco, the longer we are held back from being known as a great city.

The smoke-status is by way of an overwhelming vote by the public against tobacco use in the restaurant. The longer we allow the rest of the nation to associate us with tobacco, the longer we are held back from being known as a great city.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-10526 Jason Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:29 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-10526 I don't think many, if any, people today associate "Tobacco Road" the 1930's novel with the nickname Tobacco Road which today roughly means I40 connecting NC State, UNC, Duke, and WFU sports teams. By the way, it is a SMOKE FREE restaurant so all the links to unrelated smoking articles is beyond silly.

I don’t think many, if any, people today associate “Tobacco Road” the 1930’s novel with the nickname Tobacco Road which today roughly means I40 connecting NC State, UNC, Duke, and WFU sports teams.
By the way, it is a SMOKE FREE restaurant so all the links to unrelated smoking articles is beyond silly.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-8389 Dana Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:08:03 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-8389 U.S. smoking rate under 20 percent for 1st time http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27701997/

U.S. smoking rate under 20 percent for 1st time
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27701997/

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-3764 Dana Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:38:20 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-3764 Merriam-Webster definition of "Tobacco Road" - "a squalid poverty-stricken rural area or community" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tobacco+road UNC issues warnings for on-campus smoking http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/3469266/ Winston-Salem mall bans smoking http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_19990121/ai_n11718213 World Cup attacked for failing to ban smoking http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7554/1351-a Poverty, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=381D4984DD5208D907F384B2CC31D5E6.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=107643 Tobacco Road - Poverty and Humor http://hubpages.com/hub/Tobacco-Road---Poverty-and-Humor Wikipedia - "Tobacco Road" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Road_(novel) Smoking Policies in the Workplace Fact Sheet http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44459 D.C. Smoking Ban Approved http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401310.html Clay County: Poor, Dumb, Jobless and Smoking http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/05/20/clay-county-poor-dumb-jobless-and-smoking/ APPLAUD THE COMPANY THAT WOULD BAN SMOKING http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D71E3DF936A35751C0A961948260 Smoking in late pregnancy is linked to lower IQ in offspring http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/330/7490/499 Smoking 'impairs intelligence' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/718160.stm NC HOUSE BILL 259 http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H259v3.html http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H259 Support Grows for Sweeping Smoking Ban in N.C. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1075631/ Mental hospital bans smoking long condoned for its patients - Phoenix Arizona Republic http://mentalhopenews.blogspot.com/2008/08/mental-hospital-bans-smoking-long.html Lung Cancer Advocates 'Stand Up' to Number One Cancer Killer http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=001news.db&command=viewone&id=1597&op=t

Merriam-Webster definition of “Tobacco Road” – “a squalid poverty-stricken rural area or community”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tobacco+road

UNC issues warnings for on-campus smoking
http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/3469266/

Winston-Salem mall bans smoking
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_19990121/ai_n11718213

World Cup attacked for failing to ban smoking
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7554/1351-a

Poverty, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=381D4984DD5208D907F384B2CC31D5E6.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=107643

Tobacco Road – Poverty and Humor
http://hubpages.com/hub/Tobacco-Road—Poverty-and-Humor

Wikipedia – “Tobacco Road”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Road_(novel)

Smoking Policies in the Workplace Fact Sheet
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44459

D.C. Smoking Ban Approved
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401310.html

Clay County: Poor, Dumb, Jobless and Smoking
http://pageonekentucky.com/2008/05/20/clay-county-poor-dumb-jobless-and-smoking/

APPLAUD THE COMPANY THAT WOULD BAN SMOKING
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D71E3DF936A35751C0A961948260

Smoking in late pregnancy is linked to lower IQ in offspring
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/330/7490/499

Smoking ‘impairs intelligence’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/718160.stm

NC HOUSE BILL 259
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H259v3.html
http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H259

Support Grows for Sweeping Smoking Ban in N.C.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1075631/

Mental hospital bans smoking long condoned for its patients – Phoenix Arizona Republic
http://mentalhopenews.blogspot.com/2008/08/mental-hospital-bans-smoking-long.html

Lung Cancer Advocates ‘Stand Up’ to Number One Cancer Killer
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=001news.db&command=viewone&id=1597&op=t

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 Fun Nazi Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:58:57 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1337 Yeah!! And the next thing we should do is outlaw drinking in bars! And short skirts!! And flip flops!! No more cheese whizz!! And name every bar the same thing so there's nothing to like about anyone over the other!! That's the ticket!! Where do you guys come from? Get over yourself. You're reading way to much into a good idea. Amra's is one of our best bars with live music almost every night of the week. The outside patio is always open and air flows in and out easily. In most cities that have made laws governing smoking in bars they are disregarded and not followed; they are called dummy laws - made be dummies and server no purpose...

Yeah!! And the next thing we should do is outlaw drinking in bars! And short skirts!! And flip flops!! No more cheese whizz!! And name every bar the same thing so there’s nothing to like about anyone over the other!! That’s the ticket!!

Where do you guys come from? Get over yourself. You’re reading way to much into a good idea. Amra’s is one of our best bars with live music almost every night of the week. The outside patio is always open and air flows in and out easily. In most cities that have made laws governing smoking in bars they are disregarded and not followed; they are called dummy laws – made be dummies and server no purpose…

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Jerry Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:07:03 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1249 Dunkin Donuts, Great idea! Gianni, food is average at best (not my grandmothers Italian - does not even taste authentic). Why waste the space with 518 around the corner.

Dunkin Donuts, Great idea! Gianni, food is average at best (not my grandmothers Italian – does not even taste authentic).
Why waste the space with 518 around the corner.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Bobzilla Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:02:45 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1248 I agree with RaleighRob in one regard -- cigar smoke in bars is nasty. I refuse to give any repeat business to bars that allow it. Every bar and every restaurant should be completely non-smoking. Not only would it be healthier for all concerned, but, as more and more studies prove, their business would increase. I just hope it happens in my lifetime. I'll be checking out Brooklyn Heights as soon as I'm back in the country.

I agree with RaleighRob in one regard — cigar smoke in bars is nasty. I refuse to give any repeat business to bars that allow it.

Every bar and every restaurant should be completely non-smoking. Not only would it be healthier for all concerned, but, as more and more studies prove, their business would increase. I just hope it happens in my lifetime.

I’ll be checking out Brooklyn Heights as soon as I’m back in the country.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Steelcity36 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:31:42 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1246 I agree with Dana. Tobacco Road Sports Cafe is an awful name that conjures up stereotypical visions of dumb rednecks. Why not something more modern and suitable like Bible Belt Sports Cafe! Give it a rest! Tobacco is part of our history and what enabled this great State to be what it is today. If it wasn't for tobacco there wouldn't have been the funds available to build roads, the NC State University System or Research Triangle Park. Maybe Detroit should be better known as the Eminem City and Pittsburgh as the Plate Glass and Alumimum center of the world.

I agree with Dana. Tobacco Road Sports Cafe is an awful name that conjures up stereotypical visions of dumb rednecks. Why not something more modern and suitable like Bible Belt Sports Cafe! Give it a rest! Tobacco is part of our history and what enabled this great State to be what it is today. If it wasn’t for tobacco there wouldn’t have been the funds available to build roads, the NC State University System or Research Triangle Park. Maybe Detroit should be better known as the Eminem City and Pittsburgh as the Plate Glass and Alumimum center of the world.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 RaleighRob Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:56:36 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1243 You do make some very good points. As much as I like American Tobacco Complex, I sometimes wish it had a different name. At least the nearby "Brightleaf Square" uses a much more vague, lesser-used term for the poisonous plant. But I'm not surprised. Amra's is already known by many of us nonsmokers as "that cigar bar on Glenwood south...cough cough". Meanwhile, I hear that new place up the street, Brooklyn Heights Bar, is nonsmoking. So I can't wait to try it.

You do make some very good points. As much as I like American Tobacco Complex, I sometimes wish it had a different name. At least the nearby “Brightleaf Square” uses a much more vague, lesser-used term for the poisonous plant.

But I’m not surprised. Amra’s is already known by many of us nonsmokers as “that cigar bar on Glenwood south…cough cough”.

Meanwhile, I hear that new place up the street, Brooklyn Heights Bar, is nonsmoking. So I can’t wait to try it.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Ashton Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:31:23 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1241 The most recent thing I've heard is that Cinellis was slated for the corner closest to Lane Street, followed by 7000 sq ft for Tobacco Road, then the Dunkin Doughnuts and the Brueggers. Though in recent weeks there has been some questions as to whether Cinellis will follow through with the space...

The most recent thing I’ve heard is that Cinellis was slated for the corner closest to Lane Street, followed by 7000 sq ft for Tobacco Road, then the Dunkin Doughnuts and the Brueggers. Though in recent weeks there has been some questions as to whether Cinellis will follow through with the space…

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 DPK Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:19:11 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1238 I think you're reading a bit too much into this "Tobacco Road" name thing.

I think you’re reading a bit too much into this “Tobacco Road” name thing.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 ChampKind Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:04:31 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1235 I don't think naming one bar after "Tobacco Road" is miring us in the bogs of our past. Nor do I think that referencing the area as "Tobacco Road" when talking about sports makes the region look dumb and unhealthy. I don't know many people that hear the moniker, "Tobacco Road," and think of chaw spitting or carcinogens, anymore than people hear "New England" and think of young patriots thumbing their noses at King George.

I don’t think naming one bar after “Tobacco Road” is miring us in the bogs of our past. Nor do I think that referencing the area as “Tobacco Road” when talking about sports makes the region look dumb and unhealthy. I don’t know many people that hear the moniker, “Tobacco Road,” and think of chaw spitting or carcinogens, anymore than people hear “New England” and think of young patriots thumbing their noses at King George.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Amy Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:10:05 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/06/01/sports-cafe-coming-to-222-glenwood/#comment-1234 Tobacco Road refers to a sports tradition that includes some of the best universities in the country--Duke, Carolina, Wake Forest and NC State. I don't think that we should disassociate ourselves from our history. Duke University would not be here if it were not for tobacco production in North Carolina. Of course, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to improve our image and educate the residents of North Carolina on health issues such as the harmful effects of smoking. I just don't think that we need to ignore our history by removing references to it from the North Carolina landscape. Durham has been able to do both successfully--look at the American Tobacco Complex in downtown Durham, where the Lucky Strike tower still stands. It boasts a performing arts center, WUNC Radio and many businesses, including pharmaceutical, tech and non-profit companies.

Tobacco Road refers to a sports tradition that includes some of the best universities in the country–Duke, Carolina, Wake Forest and NC State. I don’t think that we should disassociate ourselves from our history. Duke University would not be here if it were not for tobacco production in North Carolina. Of course, that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try to improve our image and educate the residents of North Carolina on health issues such as the harmful effects of smoking. I just don’t think that we need to ignore our history by removing references to it from the North Carolina landscape. Durham has been able to do both successfully–look at the American Tobacco Complex in downtown Durham, where the Lucky Strike tower still stands. It boasts a performing arts center, WUNC Radio and many businesses, including pharmaceutical, tech and non-profit companies.