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Jump to full article: The Missoulian, 2009-10-30
Author: VINCE DEVLIN of the Missoulian
Intro: SWAT teams will not descend on The Club, the Ronan bar whose owner told the Missoulian this week he is not, nor will he, enforce in his business the statewide ban on smoking in enclosed public places that was extended to bars on Oct. 1.
The ban, says Diana Schwab, Lake County tobacco prevention coordinator, is a complaint-driven law.
If people file complaints about The Club or any other business in Lake County regarding non-enforcement of the smoking ban, she will follow the steps outlined in state law, in which educational and warning letters are sent after the first two complaints, and fines of $100, $200 and $500 can be imposed on the third, fourth, fifth and subsequent complaints within a three-year period.
If no one gripes, nothing happens.
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