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Jump to full article: WAFF NBC Channel 48 (Huntsville, AL), 2009-10-13
Author: Bobby Shuttleworth
Intro: Decatur's current smoking ordinance went into effect about two years ago. Now one councilman is looking to loosen some of those restrictions.
Micky Brown is not happy that he must go outside at Tony's to smoke. He said Decatur's smoking ordinance is unjust.
"I think if you get out here and go to all the trouble and expense of making a business, you ought to have the right to do what you want to with it," he said.
"The smoking ordinance has been in effect for two years now October first, and it's hurt our business 65% to 70%, losing our smokers," Tony's co-owner, Felicia Moody, agrees.
City councilman Gary Hammon said he will bring up the matter during Monday's 10:00AM council meeting.
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