Jump to full article: KSFY Television ABC (Sioux Falls, SD), 2009-06-25
Author: Chuck Harmer
Intro: The South Dakota smoking ban will not take effect as scheduled next week because a coalition handed in enough signatures to put the measure to a statewide public vote in next year's november election.
The petition needed nearly 17,000 signatures to put the measure to a public vote and today the Secretary of State's office says they have over 18,000.
Today, supporters of the smoking ban say they have enough signatures and there is mixed reaction to the news.
Vicki Bruse is a non-smoker who is for the smoking ban but has a daughter who loves her job at the bar and makes a good living doing it but the potential health risks of working in a smoke filled is on both of their minds.
"It's one reason where she knows she has to get into something else because of that. But if it goes smoke free she could enjoy doing what she loves," said Vicki Bruse.
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