SMOKEEASIES

Editor -- What is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world? A
bartender. It is not because of secondhand smoke, but because of having to
deal with drunken people. If the state was so worried about a bartender's
health they would outlaw alcohol, not tobacco. That's next on their Big
Brother agenda.

In the long run this prohibition is going to hit home. How? rock `n' roll
music. Why? Bars are going to be going out of business and there is not
going to be any place for new rock bands to play, so we are going to be
stuck with the Rolling Stones and Beatles forever.

This prohibition is already creating Smokeeasies. I know of a bar, where if
you knock proper on a back door they will let you in a special room where
you can smoke cigarettes and drink. Al Capone would love it.

JIM FOX

San Anselmo