Jump to full article: Bigfork (MT) Eagle, 2009-10-07
Author: JASMINE LINABARY/Bigfork Eagle
Intro: It used to be that when a customer came in and bought a retail bottle of beer to take home his family could smell the Tall Pine Lounge on him when he walked in the door.
That is no longer the case after the smoking ban in public spaces went into full effect last week. The Montana Clean Indoor Air Act of 2005 requires all enclosed public places and workplaces to be smoke free as of Oct. 1. Bars and casinos that have been exceptions to the law must also become smoke free.
Businesses are also required to post no-smoking signs that are clearly visible at all public entrances.
Tom Beaubien, owner of Tall Pine, said he is trying to look at the ban as a business opportunity; his bar just opened up to a whole new clientele that used to not come in because of the smoke.
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