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Michigan facing indoor smoke ban

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:38:14 +0000

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 hav ... Jump to full article >>

Juggling Gypsy’s smoking-related fine upheld by health board

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:02:57 +0000

The New Hanover County Board of Health voted unanimously Wednesday to uphold a fine against the Juggling Gypsy for violations of the state’s indoor smoking ban on bars and restaurants. The two-hour hearing Wednesday morning dealt with the first of three separate administrative penalties imposed on the Castle Street bar since the ban took effect earlier this year. Each fine from the health department is $200. The Juggling Gypsy ... Jump to full article >>

N.C. smoking ban upheld by complaint system

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:35:18 +0000

The smoke officially cleared Jan. 2 in North Carolina, but public health officials say it could take a few more months for the dust to settle with the state’s new indoor smoking ban. Some warning letters have gone out to businesses not complying, but most owners appear to be adhering to the new rules, said Erin Morrissette, tobacco prevention educator for the New Hanover County Health Department. Morrissette, who is fielding co ... Jump to full article >>

Mobile hotels and restaurants impose indoor smoking restrictions, hope citywide ban follows

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:14:10 +0000

A nonsmoking revolution is under way in downtown Mobile, led by new upscale hotels and restaurants that are trying to attract customers who don’t want to go home smelling like an ashtray. Health officials said they’re hoping the trend adds momentum to efforts to pass a citywide ban on smoking in public places. The bars and restaurants at the Battle House Hotel and the Riverview Renaissance Hotel don’t allow ciga ... Jump to full article >>

SMOKERS’ AREAS

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:39:53 +0000

Ministry of Health has directed the managements of hotels and restaurants to stop allocating designated areas for smokers in their premises to allow them using cigarettes, pipes, cigars and ‘Sheesha.’ According to official sources, they have been asked to implement anti-tobacco laws to protect the health of non-smokers, as there is no permission of allocating any designated area for smokers. While taking notice of open use of ... Jump to full article >>

New Michigan smoking ban in workplaces, restaurants and bars gets mixed reaction from business owners

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:37:25 +0000

With his fingers curled around a Marlboro Light and a gin and tonic in the other hand, Randy Dawe mused on the unfairness of a state smoking ban approved Thursday by the state Legislature. Next spring, he won’t be able to inhale at his favorite tavern, Bob’s Sports Bar, 725 Michigan St. NE. Meanwhile, people who frequent casinos still will be able to light up. “I think it’s a bunch of crap. I don’t t ... Jump to full article >>

Tougher TN smoking ban may be on the way

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:34:16 +0000

Two years after the General Assembly passed a bill to ban smoking from most workplaces, including restaurants, supporters say the law is working and should be extended to include places such as over-21 venues that are now exempt. “There literally are hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans who are healthier, and tens of thousands who do not have lung cancer or heart disease because they now get to breathe clean air,” sai ... Jump to full article >>

Region’s restaurants remove the ashtrays

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:48:40 +0000

The sun rose Tuesday on a different kind of day for restaurants that once permitted customers to light cigarettes over food, alcohol or cups of coffee. Area restaurant owners braced themselves for all kinds of responses from patrons on the first day of a statewide ban on smoking at food establishments. Tuesday’s early morning breakfast crowd was slightly thinner at the Bedford Restaurant, a country-cooking style eatery on U ... Jump to full article >>

Governor: Smoking ban a ‘stroke of genius’

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:33:17 +0000

The smoking ban that takes effect in Virginia restaurants today resulted from “an accidental stroke of genius” on his part, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday. The General Assembly approved the ban on smoking in most restaurants after several key legislators had voted against a Kaine-proposed tax on cigarettes last winter. The tax proposal itself was just a political maneuver, Kaine told The News & Advance’s editorial b ... Jump to full article >>

Smoked Out

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:58:27 +0000

Smoker Mike Todd, a regular at Bandito’s Burrito Lounge, will replace his favorite bar with his own couch now the smoking ban is in full effect. As the new restaurant smoking ban takes effect, local restaurants mix it up. Some may absorb the $25 fine and keep on toking. by Rich Griset. This week marks the end of Mike Todd’s loyalty to Bandito’s Burrito Lounge, a restaurant in the Fan where he could often be found nursing a ... Jump to full article >>