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Jump to full article: Twin Falls (ID) Times-News, 2010-02-02
Author: Nate Poppino - Times-News writer
Intro: Smoke easy, Twin Falls residents.
The Twin Falls City Council rejected a proposed smoking ban in city bars by a 6-1 vote Monday night after an hour of testimony from bar owners, bar employees and residents of both Twin Falls and nearby towns. . . .
Most public comment, however, centered around concerns of the economic harm a ban would do to local business and about the city meddling with private property rights. Some said any changes should be made statewide, and noted that nonsmoking bar patrons have several establishments in town to choose from.
Several nonsmokers objected to the ban on principle, while employees from two city bars supported opposite sides — one embracing her work as a choice and another saying he hated putting up with smoke. . . .
C.R. Larsen, owner of the Ground Round, disputed many American Cancer Society statistics, including that second-hand smoke causes cancer — though studies have shown a correlation between the two and the U.S. Surgeon General, National Cancer Institute and other federal agencies classify it as a carcinogen.
“There’s no concrete proof among any of it,” Larsen said.
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