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Liberty's Anti-Smoking Vote Raises Concerns for Businesses  

Jump to full article: WDAF-TV Fox 4 (Kansas City, MO), 2009-11-04
Author: Dave Froehlich, edited by Vanesa Salgado

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It has only been one day after Liberty voters agreed to beef up the town's existing smoking ban and already there are two big questions: will it drive smoking customers away, and how long will it be before smokers have no where to go?

Tuesday's vote is a very big deal for two Liberty establishments. One is a bar and the other is a bowling alley, but one of the business may be more hurt by the ban than the other.

Liberty's Corner Bar was exempt under Liberty's first smoking ban but that all changes now as the corner bar will also go smoke free on November 23. However, Tuesday's vote still has those who work at the bar confident that things won't change all that much.

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