Jump to full article: AP, 2006-01-03
Intro: Many Daviess County businesses started out the new year smoke-free.
But it's more than a resolution -- it's the law. A county ordinance that bans smoking in any public establishment that is open to people under 18 took effect Jan. 1.
Police say the start of the ban went smoothly. Both the Owensboro Police Department and Daviess County Sheriff's Department said they had had no calls to enforce it.
It was the fourth smoking ban to take effect in Kentucky, the nation's top burley tobacco producer.
Leonard Matheny, who stood smoking a cigarette outside of Buffalo Wild Wings, abided by the ordinance even though he didn't agree with it.
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