Jump to full article: Lake Leelanau (MI) Enterprise, 2009-08-26
Author: * Eric Carlson
Intro: The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners this week ratified its narrow decision of last week to enact a new “Clean Indoor Air Regulation” that bans smoking in public and private work sites throughout the county – but not without debating the issue again for nearly an hour.
A sticking point was a one-word change in the regulation proposed by District No. 6 commissioner David G. Marshall, who insisted that officials “must” rather than “may” produce an informational brochure explaining provisions of the new regulation to employers and employees. . . .
The new smoking ban will not include bars and restaurants, but will require other private businesses that do not already do so to ban smoking indoors and post notices to that effect.
The state legislature retains authority to regulate smoking in bars and restaurants.
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