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Jump to full article: St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 2010-02-02
Author: Juana Summers ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Intro: Smoking would be banned in many public places statewide under legislation proposed Monday by two St. Louis-area legislators.
The bill, which has not yet been assigned to a committee, would ban smoking in restaurants, bars, shopping malls and gambling facilities, among other public places.
"We're on three sides surrounded by no smoking states," said Rep. Walt Bivins, R-St. Louis, the bill's primary sponsor. "I just think it's time we pass this for the health of all of us."
Bivins and Rep. Jill Schupp, D-Creve Coeur, hammered out the specifics of the legislation with support from the American Lung Association and American Cancer Society, who have, in the past, opposed bans at the city and county level because they were too lax for the groups' liking.
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