Proposed smoking ban in bars snuffed out (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
LANSING (AP) Chris Vaive often heads to a downtown Irish pub for a cold one after a day sorting mail for the U.S. Postal Service. He usually seeks out a bar stool near the door, closer to fresh air and hopefully farther away from the smoke.
Source: www.record-eagle.com

Smoking law faces possible changes (Georgetown News-Graphic)
The Georgetown City Council held the first reading Thursday of an ordinance to allow smoking at bingo halls, but Mayor Everette Varney is opposed to any changes to the six-month-old law.
Source: www.news-graphic.com

Not Government's Job to Tell Us How to Live (RedNova)
If you ban smoking in bars and restaurants, you should ban the sale of cigarettes in all public places. Better yet stop the growing of tobacco and manufacturing of cigarettes all together. Stop the federal government from subsidizing tobacco farmers.
Source: www.redorbit.com

Smoking ban proponents unhappy with direction (Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON — A Twin Cities anti-smoking group is disappointed by Bloomington City Council s split response to a possible ban on smoking, but the Normal City Council remains on track to vote on a proposed ordinance.
Source: www.pantagraph.com