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VIDEO: Board Members Reach Final Decision on Smoking Ban 

Jump to full article: WDTV CBS Channel 5 (Bridgeport, WV), 2009-10-09
Author: WDTV News Kristin Keeling

Intro:

At a 3 to 1 vote....Board of Health members voted to keep the old version of the smoking ban, which states that all restaurants are smoke free but you can smoke in bars and private organizations.

Randy Elliott started off the issue by stating that the Clean Indoor Air Regulation Act was not on the original agenda back in March 2008.

He proposed that the current version be resent back to the orginial version.

Member John Conway voted against the proposal.

He says this has become a political issue and the originial decision of the smoking ban should stay in place.

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