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Ordinance bans smoking everywhere
Jump to full article: The Reporter (Palos Heights, IL), 2009-10-08
Author: William Jones
Intro: Worth village trustees on Tuesday adopted an ordinance that bans smoking in all businesses starting next year.
Citing health concerns and recent legislation signed by United States President Barack Obama, Worth trustees voted 5-0 to approve an ordinance that will ban smoking indoors at all businesses including smoke shops and hookah lounges. Trustee Lezley Zubaty was absent.
Included in the wording of the ordinance is a plan to phase out hookah bars as business licenses expire.
The “Indoor Clean Air Policy” follows the “Smoke Free Illinois Act” that went into effect January 1, 2008. The statewide smoking ban outlawed smoking at bars and restaurants, but lighting up was still legal at businesses people would go for the sole purpose of smoking, such as tobacco shops and hookah lounges. The village policy is set to take effect January 1, 2010.
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