Louisville Council Bans Smoking In Most Workplaces [View All]

[Roland99]

http://www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/4841363/detail.html

After more than two hours of debate, the 26-member council voted 21-5 in favor of a ban that would prohibit smoking in most workplaces, but the ordinance added several exceptions, including Churchill Downs and freestanding bars.

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The wording in the adopted proposal says that "no person shall smoke in any building" and that statement was followed by 11 exceptions.

Some of those exceptions include: residential dwellings, retail tobacco stores, facilities operated by private organizations and buildings with fully-enclosed smoking areas.

Louisville is the largest city in a state with an adult smoking rate that is among the highest in the nation - 27.5 percent, according to 2004 figures from the Centers for disease control.

I figured this would pass and I also figured there would be exceptions like that (esp. with the money involved in those places.)