Yea!
State Senate Democratic leaders said today that anti-smoking groups had rejected their offer to exempt taverns from any statewide smoking ban until July 2011 - an impasse that probably kills the emotional issue in the Capitol for this year.
I’m torn on this issue. I think bars should be free to allow smoking but I don’t like going to bars and coming home reeking.
I guess I’ll just keep patronizing smoke free bars like Ardor, maybe more will open!
Honest to goodness, the bingo parlor exemption was the one of the big sticking points during the last session of the legislature in Texas when they tried to pass a smoking ban.