"Good jazz spins emotion out of thin air. No wonder top performers insist on a smokefree clause." Harry Schnipper | Owner Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. "Keeping up with the changing world of jazz, Blues Alley went entirely smokefree two years ago." - Washington Post "You may call it atmosphere," says Blues Alley owner Harry Schnipper. "But jazz artists call it the air they breathe. "So many top performers made smokefree air a condition of playing here, it finally made sense to go smokefree all the time. "Did I fear a fall-of in business? Sure. But the opposite has happened. Lots of people returned to Blues Alley who said the smoke had become too much for them. "Washington is such an international city, it's wonderful to see people from Europe and Asia coming back again and again. Going smokefree hasn't cost us any customers at all. "After forty years of the 'smoky jazz club' image, we finally decided to say enough. Our atmosphere is crisp and clear, just like the music. "Based on my experience, going smokefree is a no-lose proposition." Get the facts at TobaccoScam.ucsf.edu tobaccoscam Big Tobacco is lying. Again. TobaccoScam is a project of Stanton Glantz, PhD, of the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. San Francisco, CA 94143-1390.