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Pizzeria owner: 'horrible' cigar shop smell seeping through walls
By Associated Press
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BANGOR, Maine -- The owner of Spanky’s Pizza fears being driven out of business by the stench of cigar smoke, which customers say is mixing with the familiar smells of pepperoni, cheese and garlic.

Philip Nadeau said last month’s opening of a smokers’ lounge at the Cigar & Smoke Shoppe next door coincided with the arrival of the new scent. A thin wall separates the two businesses.

“The smell is atrocious,” Nadeau said. “It’s more than atrocious; it’s horrible.”

Frank Coglitore said his cigar shop has a sophisticated air purification system and believes the pizza shop’s ex-haust fan directly above the oven is causing the problem. The two businessmen say they’re working on a solution.

“I’m not trying to point blame; I’m trying to fix the problem,” Nadeau said.

Coglitore agrees. “We want nothing but peace and harmony. We’re doing everything on my end to pull that all to-gether,” he said.

The Cigar & Smoke Shoppe’s smoking lounge, where customers can relax and watch TV with a cigar in hand, has been granted one of 14 exceptions to a 2004 state law that prohibits smoking in enclosed areas of public places.

Bangor’s code enforcement office has looked into the situation and terms it “a landlord-tenant issue.”

“These are two, perhaps, not compatible uses” for the shared building, said Dan Wellington, code enforcement offi-cer. “You can smell it both ways. They’re getting the smell of the pizza in the smoke shop.”

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Customers of Spanky's Pizza say a new and unwelcome odor, cigar smoke, is mixing in with the familiar smell of pepperoni, cheese and garlic, and the owner fears it could drive him out of business. The recently opened Cigar & Smoke Shoppe is adjacent to Spanky's Pizza on Main Street in Bangor, Maine. Frank Coglitore, the cigar shop owner, has two air purifiers attached to ceiling fans and an exhaust fan that totally circulates the air every two minutes. The exhaust fan, he said, is located at the far side of the building, away from the pizza shop. Coglitore believes the pizza shop's exhaust fan directly above the oven is causing the problem. The two businessmen say they're working on a solution. (AP Photo/Bangor Daily News,John Clarke Russ)
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Big B wrote on Nov 28, 2007 8:20 AM:

" To "why", I agree with you there. I was reading this thinking it would be one of the local pizza shops. This really is an insignificant article that really doesn't need to be on here. Articles from other areas are generally welcome, but this one is just boring and pointless. "

1/1/2008 - Illinois wrote on Nov 28, 2007 7:48 AM:

" Can't wait till the smoking ban here in Illinois takes places. Fresh air for everyone. "

Bluegrass American wrote on Nov 28, 2007 7:34 AM:

" My father smoked in his smoking room....the smell of smoke never seeped through the walls. Maybe these people should consider doing something with the cheap walls in their building. Do people detect oder that comes from the next apartment, through the walls? I have detected oder from cooking in the hallways coming from under the doors that are not properly sealed, but not the "walls" "

That would~ wrote on Nov 28, 2007 7:12 AM:

" be a bummer. I say who ever was there first, stays. "

Oh no! wrote on Nov 28, 2007 7:07 AM:

" You got peanut butter on my chocolate, YEAH? You got chocolate on my peanut butter! "

Why? wrote on Nov 28, 2007 4:32 AM:

" Are we reading something like this from the east coast? do we not have news in the central US? "
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