Jump to full article: St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 2009-11-09
Author: Mark Schlinkmann ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Intro: Jason Robinson, a smoker from St. Peters, worries that St. Louis County voters' approval of a ban on smoking in most public places will trigger a push to do the same in St. Charles County.
"I have a feeling that (as) the next county over, they'll probably try and do the same thing," said Robinson, 37, who was interviewed while puffing on a cigarette outside Mid Rivers Mall.
St. Louis County's vote last week indeed has spurred new efforts to enact similar prohibitions.
St. Charles County Councilwoman Cheryl Hibbeler, D-O'Fallon, plans to see whether there is council support to either pass a ban for unincorporated areas or schedule an election on a countywide ban. . . .
In Lake Saint Louis, Alderman John Pellerito says he'll ask his board to reverse its rejection in 2007 of his proposal for a city ban. . . .
officials in three of the county's largest cities -- O'Fallon, St. Charles and Wentzville -- said they saw no sign that the St. Louis County vote had improved the chances of passage on their governing boards.
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