CS Police to Enforce New Smoking Ban
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Updated: 10:49 PM Jan 28, 2009
CS Police to Enforce New Smoking Ban
Smoking ban violators are to be reported to a non-emergency police number.
Posted: 10:13 PM Jan 28, 2009
Reporter: Ashlea Sigman
Email Address: Sigman@kbtx.com
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Smokers in College Station, listen up: only 3 days left to smoke in a College Station bar or restaurant.

"The smoking ban is going into effect on Super Bowl Sunday, which I think is a really bad idea because that is like one of the most publicized days for bars, and you're not gonna be able to smoke," said smoker Danny Merritt.

Wednesday, city council members in Dallas approved spending over $165,674 to hire three new smoking-ban enforcers.

College Station plans to use to enforce its ban a different way.

"The primary contact will be the police department," said College Station City manager Glenn Brown.

"That would be an awkward call," said smoker Jenna Jacobson. "I don't know how it would go."

"Hey I got this guy smoking and I need you to do something about it," said smoker Danny Merritt.

"911, I see somebody smoking in a bar," joked Jacobson.

"Its not 911 calls, its 764-3600," said Brown. "Obviously these won't be treated as a high priority like a robbery or something like that."

There are a few other numbers to know, like 20: the number of feet away smokers must be from a front door. It makes the Northgate sidewalk along University off limits for smokers, as well as a few places on the other side of Northgate.

Smokers and bar and restaurant managers have until Saturday night to get the new rules down, before the clock strikes midnight.

"We will start enforcing the law, we have no choice," said Randa Cooper of the Dixie Chicken. "We want everybody to come in and have a good time and smoking is part of most bars, so we'll see what happens."

City employees said they expect the number of calls to be high this weekend, then eventually taper off.


Latest Comments

Posted by: Bob Location: Chicago on Feb 4, 2009 at 07:35 AM

Heres one of the ban people in person. Isn't she a nice lady? www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1M9ENyWXIA&eurl=http://skylla2012.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/smoking-banned-in-your-own-home-in-california/
Posted by: Libertarian Location: College Station on Feb 3, 2009 at 06:27 AM

Alcohol related deaths rank up there. Are we entering another era of prohibition? We see what good that did for organized crime. American's have turned into a bunch of cry babies and we wonder why the rest of the world wants to blow us up! Take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for your own actions..If you go into a bad neighborhood you might get robbed; If your a soldier you may be killed...This country was founded on freedom and CHOICE. And now WE are taking away our own freedoms! I love this country but its turning into a bunch of ignorant hipocrites
Posted by: Katrina C Location: Wellborn on Feb 1, 2009 at 10:16 AM

TO CAROL: So you're pretty much telling everyone that if you're a non-smoker and end up with lung cancer, that it's because of an STD? Well, then why don't YOU conduct a study of those people to actually TEST THEM to see if they all test positive for HPV. I can honestly tell you that a friend that I had, NEVER smoked and ended up with lung cancer. She had NO HPV and ended up dying from lung cancer. So before you make other people sound like they aren't being careful in the intimate department (trying to use nice words for what I really mean) maybe you should think about the one's who actually DIDN'T have a STD or anything that would have brought on cancer.I don't honestly care if people smoke or not, but don't sit there and throw around an STD to be the cause of every non smokers lung cancer. It's just idiotic.
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