Thursday, May 15, 2008

Smoking Ban Update

Will Michigan bingos, private clubs, and non-native american casinos be exempt from a smoking ban? Stay tuned as we are hearing new information (and usually conflicting information) all of the time.

The latest from the Detroit News:

LANSING -- House Democrats are scrambling to decide how they will handle surprise Senate-passed legislation that broadens their own ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and other workplaces.

The Senate version, passed last week, prohibits smoking indoors, including cigar bars, bingo parlors and Detroit's three casinos -- three places exempted from a no-smoking bill the House approved in 2007. Some members of the Detroit delegation in the House and the bill's sponsor, Rep. Brenda Clack, D-Flint, still prefer the exemptions, especially those for the casinos.

For the full story, please see Gary Heinlein Smoking ban vote delayed, Detroit News, May 15, 2008.

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