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LETTER: Smoking bans are not progressive, they are positive change 

My daughter and I recently visited your beautiful and vibrant city on a college tour. We stayed downtown at the Hilton. The first thing we noticed as we entered the lobby was the stench of secondhand smoke. . . .

We both agreed that St. Louis is quite backwards�on this issue. We live in much smaller Louisville, KY where we have a comprehensive clean air ordinance for all indoor venues. All workers and visitors�to our city enjoy working and socializing in a healthy environment. Major cities such as Washington D.C., Chicago, New York, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and many others as well as entire states and countries guarantee clean indoor air for all. I'm not sure why St. Louis has not stepped up and joined the new century. This is not radical thinking, it is positive change.

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