An email: “By imposing ‘No Smoking’ on bars, Mayor Bloomberg and his ilk are hurting American industry: i.e., manufacturing jobs (so precious in this election year). There are several companies which make high capacity electronic air filters for bars and restaurants which permit smoking. The Hawk & Dove here in Washington has several installed. IF there is a smoker near to the intake end of the filter, you cannot smell the smoke at the outlet end (6 feet or so on this model). The fans are strong and can cope well with, I would say based on first-hand observation, about a dozen smokers in one room (the Hawk has two barrooms, I am speaking here about the smaller of the two). Shame on Mayor Bloomberg for taking away American manufacturing jobs!”