Mayor readies his smoking ban proposal
The mayor will soon ask city council to approve his smoking ban proposal according to KHOU-11:
Houston Mayor Bill White wants to ban smoking at the dinner tables of the city's restaurants. He plans to ask City Council to strengthen the city's smoking ordinance -- probably within the next couple of weeks.
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"We plan to ban smoking in the dining areas of restaurants," said Mayor White. "That'll be a big step, a step forward in recognizing the rights of non-smokers."
The mayor also wants to ban smoking in Houston taxi cabs and at covered Metro stops for trains and buses.
But Houston's rules would still be less restrictive than the broad bans people see in other cities.
Smoking would still be allowed in bars and in the bar sections of restaurants. And if a bar just happens to sell food, but makes more than half of its revenue on alcohol, smoking would still be allowed in the entire establishment.
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Posted by Anne Linehan @ 02/04/05 09:14 AM | Houston Politics | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (2)
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