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September 11, 2013
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Carrie Snow shows off her wares in the antique store of the Mystic Mountain Nursery in Oso.
Michael Thorn, owner of Marysville Tobacco Joe’s, credits electronic cigarettes with helping to reduce even his own smoking habit.
Mystic Mountain Nursery offers Tobacco Joe’s offers ‘Vaporland’ plants, gifts, bed & breakfast BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — Marysville Tobacco Joe’s has had a tumultuous history since it first opened its doors in 2011. Barely a year after Michael Thorn began the business as a roll-your-own tobacco establishment, state and federal legislation governing the roll-your-own tobacco machines compelled him to close last summer, until he found a new market to cater to and reopened the store near the start of this year. On April 15, Thorn added a new department to Marysville Tobacco Joe’s, called “Vaporland,” to offer a sampling bar for electronic cigarette consumers, whom he sees as even more of a growing consumer base than roll-your-own tobacco enthusiasts were, but he’s again anxious about how federal legislation might impact his business.
“Last time, it was Big Tobacco, lobbying to tie up the use of the roll-yourown machines,” Thorn said. “This time, the sleeping giant is Big Pharmaceutical, because their preference would be that e-cigarettes be prescribed by doctors, so that they can charge more money for it.” Thorn proudly touted Vaporland’s sample selection of more than 25 flavors, in nicotine strengths of 24, 18, 12, 6 and even zero milligrams, made by Marysville Tobacco Joe’s sister company Twilight. “In less than the first two months of having our vapor bar open, our sales had grown to almost the same as they were a year ago, prior to losing the roll-yourown machines,” Thorn said. “Almost all of our customers have credited e-cigarettes with helping them to cut back substantially on their smoking habits, or even to quit altogether.” While Thorn cited the
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absence of tar and secondhand smoke as among e-cigarettes’ health benefits relative to regular cigarettes, Dr. Gary Goldbaum of the Snohomish Health District emphasized that certain risks do remain with e-cigarettes, which may possess health hazards that have yet to be discovered. “They’ve only been around for a few years, so we’re still waiting on a lot of the science,” Goldbaum said. “We don’t have any local regulations specific to e-cigarettes because we need to give them a careful review. It’s likely that they’ll prove to be far safer than regular cigarettes, but we still don’t want to promote them, because we’re medical professionals and our goal is to reduce harm, so we don’t want to encourage people to take up any kind of smoking. Whether it’s an e-cigarette or a regular cigarette, it’s designed to be a nicotine delivery system, and nicotine is a poison.”
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OSO — When Carrie and Chuck Snow moved to Oso in the fall of 1993, the couple had no idea that their restoration of the farmhouse they purchased in the valley between the mountains would become the basis for a cottage industry. In 1997, the Snows opened the Mystic Mountain Nursery at their refurbished home, and kept it running until 2004, when they went on to pursue other career options, but when Chuck was injured in an auto accident, Carrie decided she would start up the plant nursery and antique gift store again. The Mystic Mountain Nursery reopened on May 1 of this year, and while Carrie Snow is still proud of her selection of plants and antiques, she wants to let travelers through the area know about her next service, which will be the opening of a bed and breakfast this fall. “We’ll be closed between
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rustically appointed common area, complete with the more modern feature of a flatscreen TV. “It’s ideal for a couple or a small family to stay the night,” said Snow, who had run a bed and breakfast out of one of the property’s other buildings during the Mystic Mountain Nursery’s first run. “And in the morning, they’ll be served a full breakfast made from scratch.” In addition to the availability of any number of nearby outdoor activities, Snow touted the host of animals in pens on site to entertain the kids — from turkeys, peacocks and emus to miniature goats, donkeys and horses — and promised visitors a pumpkin patch, with surrey rides and cider cookies, from Oct. 1-31. For more information, log onto the Mystic Mountain Nursery’s website at www.mysticmountainbnb.com or its Facebook page at www.facebook. c o m / My s t i c M o u n t a i n NurseryAntiques, or call them at 360-435-5888.
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January and March, because that’s when it’s nasty up here and no one will want to come, but we’ll use that time and space to grow our plants,” said Snow, who noted that she limited this year’s crop to annuals, perennials and herbs because they opened so late in the spring, but added that she plans to include fruit trees, shrubs and rhododendrons in next year’s crop. “Our antique store carries a mix of furniture, jewelry and glassware from the 1920s on up, as well as gourmet foods, children’s books, candles and seeds. We’re always open to carrying more food lines.” The antique store is still being restored to more closely resemble a building dating back to the 1800s, while the bed and breakfast that’s set to open on Oct. 1 will boast two freshly refurbished bedrooms with similarly authentic period decor — one with a kingsized bed, and the other with two three-quarters-sized beds and a rollaway bed — leading out into a spacious and
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