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Aug 23, 2011, 9:10 AM

DeKalb officials expected to say "No" to smoking ban

Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Carla Caldwell , Morning Call Editor Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 7:15am EDT

DeKalb County, Ga., officials, facing pressure from strip club owners, are expected Tuesday to vote down an expanded anti-smoking ordinance, reports Atlanta Business Chronicle broadcast partner WXIA-TV.

DeKalb's Board of Health, which is pushing the tighter smoking rules, says medical costs associated with second-hand smoke averages out to $500 for each household in the county each year.

Business owners who support the ban say customers will become accustomed to a tighter smoking rules just like they have elsewhere, and that business will not be affected.

The ban would affect some indoor spaces, as well as parks and ATMs. Smoking is already banned in some restaurants.

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samsung114 years ago

One dive bar here in Columbus does not bother following the smoker's ban after a certain time figuring the department of health will be closed anyways. The smoker's patio is usually one of the most private areas of the strip clubs.

georgmicrodong14 years ago

"Business owners who support the ban say customers will become accustomed to a tighter smoking rules just like they have elsewhere, and that business will not be affected."

Hey "business owners," I've got new for you. You can already ban smoking on your own property without a law. Why don't you go head and do that? Are you perhaps afraid that unilateral action on your part will in fact adversely affect your business, so you seek to use the force of law to make everybody else do what you're to chicken shit to do on your own?

Fucking assholes.