Smoking Ban: St. Louis County to Consider Casinos, Hazelwood Businesses Have Exemptions
St. Louis County will revisit the topic of making area casinos smoke-free, but how many Hazelwood businesses are allowed to house smoking?
News has spread that St. Louis County Councilman Mike O’Mara plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to apply the St. Louis County smoking ban to county casinos. (Get instant news updates. Like Hazelwood Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.) Should this be considered, it would mean the county council would vote to remove all exemptions from the county's smoking ban, and that includes River City Casino and Hollywood Casino St. Louis. O'Mara, a North County resident, cited the health issues related to smoke as the basis for he decision in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article. “My goal is to get this ordinance cleaned up so that everyone in the county is on a level playing field,” he said. “I’ve heard from too many owners of bars and …
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Candace Jarrett
11:51 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Change is tough. I am not a smoker so i usually don't frequent too many place where were is/was smoking. But I think if a facility opens for that purpose and/or its customer base is smoking, it's tough to tell them they can't allow it anymore. more ›