Cincinnati City Council Rejects Total Smoking Ban [04/14/05]

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Cincinnati City Council Rejects Total Smoking Ban [04/14-4]

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Channel Cincinnati.com [04/14-4]

City Council rejected a proposal to ban smoking in public places and passed an ordinance that requires bars and restaurants to have separate sections for smokers and non-smokers.
People pushing a total ban said that does nothing to safeguard non-smokers.

"It all comes together, and even though we're sitting in the non-smoking section, we're still breathing in the carcinogens and tar from the cigarettes," Paige Schneider said.

Councilman David Crowley, who owns Crowley's Bar, made the watered-down proposal.

Art Lykins, owner of Longworth's bar in Mount Adams, said a total ban would have killed his business.

"That would be very devastating to us, because we're only about a minute down the expressway away from Covington and Newport, and the customers would go there," Lykins said.

The Ohio general assembly is considering a complete ban on smoking in public places statewide.

Five states and more than 70 cities have banned smoking in public places. The cities include Columbus, Toledo and Lexington.

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