Jump to full article: Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican, 2009-08-28
Author: ELIZABETH ROMÁN
Intro: EAST LONGMEADOW - Private clubs will be able to choose whether to allow smoking indoors after the Board of Health decided not to include them in the town-wide smoking ban.
The Board of Selectmen, which also serves as the Board of Health, held a public hearing Tuesday to hear town opinion on whether private clubs should allow smoking indoors.
Health Inspector Fred C. Kowal met with the board to request that they ban smoking in private clubs due to the health risks associated with smoking and the well-being of non-smoking employees.
There are currently four private clubs in town, including the Elmcrest Country Club, 105 Somersville Rd; the American Legion, 3 Legion Court, the Knights of Columbus, 26 Baldwin St., and the Italian American World War Veterans, 213 Vineland Ave. Representatives of some clubs attended the hearing and spoke against the ban.
Currently the town has a ban that applies to all public restaurants shops and buildings. The ban prohibits smoking inside any public establishment.
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