Other improvements include the complete renovation of hotel rooms, each with different furnishings, plus renovations to the lobbies upstairs and downstairs. In the bar, two openings were created by knocking out a portion of a brick wall to combine the original bar and the atrium, which now seats 65. Note to Article Comment users pnj.com and its related sites are pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. Since pnj.com does not...

Cigarette prices there, already the highest in the world, may rise 5 percent in the coming year, according to the median estimate of three analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. Prohibitions on public smoking, along with advertising bans and tax increases, have narrowed their market to the most addicted smokers who are willing to pay whatever price to get their nicotine fix. Smoking bans haven't had a significant long-term impact on smoking rates in countries including Ireland, where 25...

By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG -- The state Senate voted last night to ban smoking in most public places and workplaces in Pennsylvania, but senators included exceptions where the ban won't apply, including smaller bars, private clubs, cigar bars and portions of casinos. By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG -- The state Senate voted last night to ban smoking in most public places and workplaces in Pennsylvania, but senators included exceptions...

Marketing aimed at children "It allows the marketing that goes into tobacco advertising to operate on children long before they have access to cigarettes," Klein said. To find out, his group surveyed almost 26 000 adults regarding their smoking habits and whether or not they had played with candy cigarettes as children. He believes the availability of candy cigarettes dovetails closely with tobacco industry pressures on youngsters. They found that 12 percent of the people who said they had...

This is like any other classic-rock radio show, except that in the middle of each song, the deejays cue loud car-engine-revving sounds that drown out the music. I purchase 1) ear plugs, which the cashier says are the best investment I'll ever make (he is correct) and 2) an official NASCAR commemorative program (which is later stolen when I get up to get a beer) In the infield (the many acres inside the loop) people park their RVs and fire up barbecue pits. The New South moneyed folks fly...