Article: BAN SMOKING IN BARS, RESTAURANTS? THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING BAN IDEA IS BEING MET WITH STRONG RESISTANCE.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

Article: Authority of city council to ban ...
Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX);  April 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... questioning the Victoria City Council's authority to conduct ... reply to his e-mail. The city council voted last year to ban smoking in restaurants. That was ... But he said he thinks the city council is acting within its authority ...

Article: Lobbyists seek smoking loopholes; Council to extend restaurant ...
Crain's New York Business;  October 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: philip lentz The City Council is expected to go along with ... Michael Bloomberg and vote to ban smoking in all restaurants, but ... has made his proposal to ban smoking in virtually all commercial ... Association. ``If they ban smoking totally in restaurants but ...

Article: Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Supports City ...
PR Newswire;  March 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Commerce, today voiced the Chamber's support of a City Council bill to ban smoking in virtually all public places in Philadelphia ... Chamber of Commerce expressed opposition to a City Council bill which would have enforced smoking limitations ...

Article: Victoria, Texas, City Council considers a proposal ...
Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX);  May 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... should find out today if the Victoria City Council intends to continue with a proposal to ban smoking and, if so, work could begin on drafting ... most important -- is whether we should ban smoking in buildings accessible to the public ...

Article: New antismoking legislation introduced in City ...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  February 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Currie Schaffer Feb. 3--The effort to ban smoking from Philadelphia bars and restaurants is back on City Council's agenda -- with a new sponsor who ... Councilwoman Marian Tasco's bill would ban smoking from all Philadelphia workplaces with ...

Article: Smoking plan on the table in Bloomington; The City ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 1, 2004 ;     629 words ... ... 3 vote Monday, the City Council selected for debate ... ordinance that would ban smoking in workplaces and most ... be held July 12. The City Council is scheduled to formally ... States. Steve Elkins, a City Council member and smoking ban ...

Article: With Baited Breath; City Council postponed voting ...
Philadelphia Weekly;  March 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Philadelphia City Council's effort to ban cigarettes from ... legislation fail." Nutter asked City Council President Anna Verna to delete the ... That original proposal died in City Council in December 2003 without ever being ...