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PRESTONSBURG - City council members passed a motion Monday to place a smoking ban in city buildings.

The decision came at the request of Jean Rosenberg, a consultant with the Floyd County Health Department, who helped present the results from a smoking survey conducted by the health department at a Jan. 9 city council meeting.

At that meeting, health department Director Thursa Slone reported that, out of 29 interviews conducted, 88 percent of city council members and 100 percent of county officials “somewhat or strongly” support an ordinance prohibiting smoking in all enclosed buildings, restaurants and bars. Slone said that about 46 percent of city hall employees would support the ordinance, and the majority of council members and county officials believe that governments should be allowed to pass smoke-free laws.

When the discussion came up during the council meeting Monday, member Kay Ross said the city could set a good example to other businesses if they pass an ordinance to ban smoking in city buildings.

The motion passed without opposition, and members decided to make the new regulation effective in March.

Member Kelly Moore suggested the city construct a smoke break room for city employees, a suggestion Rosenberg said wouldn't work because construction of such a room would be “financially prohibitive” and because no ventilation system can efficiently remove smoke. http://floydcountytimes.com/articles/200...news04.txt

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Member Kelly Moore suggested the city construct a smoke break room for city employees, a suggestion Rosenberg said wouldn't work because construction of such a room would be “financially prohibitive” and because no ventilation system can efficiently remove smoke
i don;t smoke but i mean half the ppl that go to resturants and othere places smoke and if they did;t go the resturants and stores would;t make as much money as they did.......

[BC75]

wonder if this will hurt bingo??

[OU_Bruiser]

probly...alot of smokers there......

[thetribe]

I think that we should do away with smoking in all public areas and buildings.

[BlueGrassGirl]

I think that we should do away with smoking in all public areas and buildings.

I agree completely.

[thetribe]

The amount of illnesses, complications, and deaths attributed to second hand smoke should be considered when the government decides that people should still be allowed to pollute our environment and our bodies with their toxins. People recieve cancer from being exposed to smoke, when they themselves do not even use cigarettes and other tobacco products. People do not have choices when it comes to having to inhale other's smoke when they are in the same building as them. Sometimes it cannot be avoided. More than once, you will be forced to share a room, walk past, or be extremely close to someone or more than one person who is smoking at that time. It is a major health risk. Even if it did not cause people to die, the smell alone is a good enough reason to make people gringe about being around it. I don't want to die because of someone else's choice that I have no control over. Smoke in the privacy of your home, your property, and your car...don't expose people to it that want no part in it.