Smokeeasy Crackdown Gets Serious, Obnoxious Lounge In Peril!

From M2 Ultra Lounge's website

M2 Ultra Lounge may not get a second chance from the DOH. After yesterday's tribunal hearing, the city is vowing to close at least one of the five clubs brought forth to defend themselves for violating the Smoke-Free-Air Act. Lawyer Thomas Merrill told the Daily News "We made it clear we will go forward and we are not interested in making a deal." Though all five clubs are in danger of getting their licenses revoked, M2 is apparently the worst violator.

The Imperial reportedly may agree to pay thousands of dollars in fines and get one more chance to stop people from lighting up inside, and Southside Night Club, The Box and Lit Lounge all got more time to prepare their cases and will return next month. But M2 may have to close. The city's testimony included photos of bouncers chatting with smokers and evidence of cigarettes for sale in the bathroom.

M2's lawyer insists that cigarette sales were not sanctioned by the owner and that "we make a good-faith effort to stop smokers, but it's almost impossible to stop everyone." Impossible! Especially when the owner doesn't even try to kick people out, as he admitted yesterday. But wait, if M2 goes down, where will Justin Dior Combs hold his 17th birthday party?

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By Jaya Saxena in News on January 28, 2010 1:41 PM

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Bouncing Soul

I guess without all the smoke in the downstairs of Lit, now Dts will be able to see the massive amounts of cocaine being passed around in that place.

dkim2015

you should have clarified thomas merrill as DoH so i didnt have to click on the link to find out

NannyState

OMG! Cigarettes were being sold in the bathroom! That never happened in the '70s and '80s when bathrooms had CIGARETTE MACHINES.

Jaxxxx

I've been using electronic cigarettes for over 6 months now. Smoking 2 packs a day less then before with these things. I have used them in bars before, always asking bartender or management if it was OK first.

No smoke,no SHS,no tobacco,no combustion. Yet the anti smokers are still going after them. WHY? Because the look like a cigarette. But there one big difference.

NO PROOF OF HARM.

You would think using these would be a win win situation.

I now have a cleaner way for me to get my nicotine. They have air clean of SHS. But the anti's still aren't happy.

They want to control these too. Tells me they just don't like to see people smoke