[Headlines Only] [Top Stories Only]
Categories
· Smokefree Policies
· Official Documents/Legislation
· Dining/Entertainment
USA, by State
· Indiana

Evansville Considers Smoking Ban as Statewide Ban Dies 

Jump to full article: WTVW Fox 7 (Evansville, IN), 2010-03-05

Intro:

Karla Sneegas is the executive director of Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation.

For the third year in a row, she's watching a statewide smoking ban die in Indianapolis. . . .

Last year Vanderburgh County considered extending its smoking ban to cover all bars and restaurants.

But that measure failed.

Commissioners wanted a combined city-county plan.

Now, the Evansville City Council will look at the same extension Vanderburgh County didn't pass, though Casino Aztar won't be a part of the ban, if it goes through.

Jump to full article »