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Article: Eden Prairie backs away from ban; The City Council agreed not to outlaw smoking in businesses, fearing such a law would quickly be reversed.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 2, 2002
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Byline: Josephine Marcotty; Staff Writer
The Eden Prairie City Council Tuesday decided against a broad smoking ban after a highly charged community debate evolved from what was good for its citizens to what was good for its businesses.
The council instead proposed a resolution that would support a smoking ban in city-owned property and public spaces, encourage voluntary smoking bans in businesses and form a task force to develop ideas that stop short of regulating businesses.
In what she described as an "odd, strange twist of logic," Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens, a strong supporter of an ordinance to ban smoking in all indoor public spaces, said she ...