At the Grasshopper II bar in Mountain View, patrons buy cigarettes at a vending machine. It would encourage adults to re examine or quit smoking and set a clear example that non-smoking is the norm. Porter is not daunted by the idea that local legislation may not be effective. Nor is he discouraged by those who feel individuals have the right to choose whether they light up. Sometimes people need a catalyst to quit.
Porter knows how difficult it can be to quit.
He picked up the habit when he served in the Army and went through a pack and a half of Parliaments a day. Not even the cancer death of a boyhood friend, another avid smoker, persuaded him to quit. I keep thinking about him. Bergen Record Corp.