Beginning May 1 Ohio smokers will no longer benefit by crossing the border to smoke in Michigan restaurants, owners of Michigan eateries say. Next month all restaurants and work sites in Michigan must be smoke-free or face fines under an indoor smoking ban that goes into effect, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. Since Ohio restaurants and bars went smoke-free in 2006, Buckeye residents living near the Michigan border have crossed into M ... Jump to full article >>

Whether the public is on board or not with the Michigan smoking ban passed by the state Legislature in December, it’s going to be illegal to light up in bars and restaurants beginning in May. Local resident Lynda Collins, owner of Thompson’s Pizzeria, decided that she would go ahead and start enforcing the policy now so her customers have time to ease into the fresh new reality. “We were going to do this before the state mandat ... Jump to full article >>

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan lawmaker says local governments should be able to ban smoking in restaurants and bars since a proposed statewide ban is stalled in the Legislature. A bill sponsored by Rep. Gary McDowell would let each county, city, township and village decide if people can smoke in local bars and restaurants. Michigan law allows only the Legislature to ban smoking in food establishments. McDowell says the law should be changed beca ... Jump to full article >>