EOO: Rathdrum Man Offers Smoke Ban Solution

Got a call recently from Robert Bloom, a Rathdrum, Idaho man who is trying to wring business out of the strong smoking ban that Washington voters overwhelmingly approved in 2005. Bloom’s answer: the “Smōk Shaque.” The shaque, as pictured in Bloom’s brochure, looks a lot like a steel garden shed. He wants to lease these to bars and other previous bastions of smoking to put outside for smokers who need to light up/ Rich Roesler , Eye On Olympia. More here .