Smoking Ban Likely to be Taken Up Today

The potential across the board smoking ban in Michigan (which would include casinos and charity bingo) was not taken up yesterday, but it is likely that we will see some action today.

The media has been oddly silent on this, and outside of a report on the local news last night, there is almost nothing out there. The story on the news last night talked of passing a complete smoking ban this year and then possibly adding in exemptions next year. Frankly, we are extremely dubious of this happening, especially in regards to charity bingos. It is our opinion that any exemptions to a complete smoking ban would be highly unlikely once the bill has been passed.

Here's one of the few write-ups (small paragraph, bottom of page) that we could find: Smoking ban, News/Talk 1460, Big Rapids, MI, September 10, 2008.

We'll be monitoring this throughout the day.