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Appeals Court Halts Pierce County, WA Smoking Ban [06/04-1]
Excerpts from: Appeals Court Snuffs Pierce County Smoking Ban
kirotv.com [06/03/04]
The state Court of Appeals has reopened smoking sections in Pierce County, at
least as long a legal battle rages over the county's indoor smoking ban.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health imposed the ban in January, but it was quickly overturned by a Pierce County judge who ruled the agency lacked authority to impose it.
A Court of Appeals commissioner initially reinstated the ban while that decision was appealed.
But Thursday, the Court reversed that decision.
The county's smoking ban was the most sweeping in the state, applying to bars, taverns, restaurants, bowling alleys, minicasinos, hotels, private clubs and most other nontribal businesses.
Petitioners are collecting signatures for dueling initiatives on the issue. One pushed by anti-smoking interests would impose a ban like Pierce County's statewide.
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