Columbia jobkiller/freedomkiller/smoking ban adds another victim.

After 33 years of pool, burgers and beers, Columbia Billiards and Rack ’n’ Roll are nearing their final days.
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Spudich blames the smoking ban that went into effect in January for hurting business.

“We’ve been smoked out,” Spudich said. “We’ve never had an underage drinking violation. We’ve been doing the right thing for 33 years and all of a sudden, they’ve changed the rules on us.”

Some regulars at the pool halls believe that a smoky haze beneath a table light is a classic pool hall scene. Members of the Pool for Dummies 8-ball league, based at Rack ’n’ Roll, pointed out that most pictures hanging in pool halls feature a player leaning over a table with a cigarette or a smoky background.

Spudich said when smokers are paying by the hour for a table but have to leave the building to smoke, they’re wasting their money. He also said that because most people come in groups to play, the smokers who stay home force friends who do not smoke to stay home as well.