Smoking Ban in St. Louis County Casinos?
There's reportedly a push to make area casinos smoke-free and it could take a step closer to reality Tuesday.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis County Councilman Mike O’Mara plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to apply the St. Louis County smoking ban to county casinos. The article reports that O’Mara wants to remove all exemptions from the county's smoking ban, and that includes River City Casino and Hollywood Casino St. Louis. O'Mara cited the health issue of smoke and was also quoted making the following statement in the Post-Dispatch article. “My goal is to get this ordinance cleaned up so that everyone in the county is on a level playing field,” O’Mara, D-Florissant, said Friday. “I’ve heard from too many owners of bars and restaurants who have convinced me that it is unfair that some businesses have the exemption while …
brownbear123
8:26 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO INTO AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT ALLOWS SMOKING IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO STAY OUT.. Just don't tell me what can or can't do in my buusiness. The government tells me who I can hire, what kind of oil I have to fry my fries in, etc. The people that don't want smoking in bars , probably have never entered those establishments. Or they did so once so they could complain. Some time ago … more ›