Jump to full article: WVNS-TV CBS 59 (Ghent, WV), 2008-04-16
Author: Story by Courtney Dunn
Intro: Last month more than a hundred people crammed the Monongalia County Board of Health meeting to voice their opinion on the proposed smoking ban.
The crowd was not quite as large Wednesday, but the issue and the opinions, were still strong.
Residents both for and against the proposed ban attended the working session Wednesday afternoon.
Board members wanted to discuss the ban both the original proposal, banning smoking in all establishments and a revised proposal that lottery and bar owners suggested.
That proposal would allow smoking in some establishments.
The biggest debate was about whether the board really be discussing this at all.
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