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The Boston Public Health Commission recently took the radical step of ordering existing cigar bars, hookah dens, and other smoking bars to close their doors ten years from now. No new smoking bars will be allowed to open under the new regulations. Bans on smoking in the workplace now cover patios, loading docks, and other adjacent areas, and Boston hotels, inns, and bed and breakfast establishments are now smoke-free as well, effective immediately. The commission also banned blunt wraps and ruled out the sale of tobacco in health and educational institutions. Those edicts take effect in 60 days. Tobacco aficionados, breathe it in while you can—you may have to smoke at home soon.

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While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a...

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with...

Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little 'ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides' wife. We're not...

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into...

Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up. -Chicagoist had fall on their mind as they made squash and fudge, read "House of Leaves" and ">tried to figure out what's next for the Cubs. Not fall related, but still of utmost concern, the whole skinny black pants thing. -Torontoist fought off an evil scourge of raccoons and went to go see who...

Over the last week patrons and outsiders have been taking note of the imminent closure of the Waltham Taven in the South End. The closure was forecasted in the Boston Globe and then solidified when the Licensing Board met and ordered the bar closed. Bostonist will be honest, we aren’t surprised to hear reports of “shady goings on” at the Waltham Tavern, substantiated or not. We’ve walked by the dive a hundred times, and admittedly...

The town of Brookline was the first to start a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars in November 1993, and since then, other towns and cities have followed suit. The state has set up some hefty fines ($300 per Business that violates it and $100 per smoker) but says that Boston has only had a dozen or so violations in 2005. Sorry smokers, but it looks like you'll still be relegated to the cold outdoors to have a cigarette. With this news today, it looks like this ban is here to stay.