Smoking ban passes in St. Louis County
Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 13:28:51
While last night's election results will mostly make me miserable and my Republican friends happy - and I always like to see my friends happy 
- here in St. Louis the county passed, by a wide margin, a smoking ban. This result ratifies a similar ban proposed in the city, so that by 2011, St. Louis will be essentially smoke-free (except certain bars, and naturally enough, the casinos!)
By now it is overwhelming clear that public smoking bans have definite health benefits, most strikingly on heart attacks, so this is good news. Now, if we could only clean up the rest of the garbage in our less-than-pristine industrial air!
- here in St. Louis the county passed, by a wide margin, a smoking ban. This result ratifies a similar ban proposed in the city, so that by 2011, St. Louis will be essentially smoke-free (except certain bars, and naturally enough, the casinos!)By now it is overwhelming clear that public smoking bans have definite health benefits, most strikingly on heart attacks, so this is good news. Now, if we could only clean up the rest of the garbage in our less-than-pristine industrial air!
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