Smoking

Latest Hole In County Smoking Ban: Bar Owners Would Follow Honor System

"We qualify for exemption from the ban -- Scout's honor." ​The bill that could go before voters banning smoking in some St. Louis County establishments would rely on the word of bar owners to determine whether or not their tavern should be excluded from the ban. As the bill currently reads, casino ... More >>

St. Louis County Council Gives Preliminary Approval to a Weakened Smoking Ban

The St. Louis County Council voted 4-3 last night to move forward on a bill that would ask residents to vote on a smoking ban on the Nov. 3 ballot.The bill exempts casinos from the ban as well as taverns that generate more than 75 percent of their revenue from alcohol sales. Those exemptions would b ... More >>

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Smoking-Ban Bill Smolders in County Council

flickr.com/photos/epzibah​A bill that would allow residents of St. Louis County to vote on an indoor smoking ban, was again debated at a County Council meeting last night but did not move any closer to a vote. Action was delayed after council members and the public did not receive copies of the pr ... More >>

Smoking Ban Opponents Launch Advertising Campaign -- On Christian Radio?

keepstlouisfree.blogspot.com​Keep St. Louis Free, a group opposed to local smoking-ban efforts, launched this week an advertising campaign to try to block such a ban from going up for public vote in St. Louis County. Bill Hannegan -- spokesman and founder of Keep St. Louis Free -- mentioned the ad ... More >>

Cigar and Pipe Association Denounces Proposed Smoking Ban in St. Louis County

 Ever hear of the IPCPR? No? Well, they're not quite the NRA, but they do lobby hard for what they believe is a fundamental right for all Americans: the right to smoke in public. Today the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association sent out a release alerting media that it wil ... More >>

St. Louis County Residents Could Vote on Smoking Ban In November

flickr.com/photos/carolinespicsBut first the County Council must pass a proposal that would allow residents a voice in the matter. The council could vote on the proposed referendum as early as tonight, allowing the issue to go before voters in November. Council member Barbara Fraser tells the Post-D ... More >>

Here's Betting Kirkwood Voters Will Approve a Smoking Ban in November

flickr.com/photos/lolololoriAdorable downtown KirkwoodAfter a citizen's group forced the Kirkwood City Council to consider an initiative to ban smoking in city bars and restaurant, the measure will now go before voters. Earlier this month Kirkwood residents opposed to public smoking collected enough ... More >>

Clayton Passes Smoking Ban

Yesterday we mentioned that the Clayton Board of Aldermen was set to vote last night on an ordinance prohibiting smoking in the city's restaurants and bars. And today we're back to report that the measure passed. By next July all bars and restaurants in the city (and 80 percent of hotel rooms) must ... More >>

Calls for Smoking Bans Push Forward in Kirkwood, Wildwood; Hearing Tomorrow in St. Louis

deviantart.comNot one of the seventh-grade Wildwood students proposing a smoking ban.The St. Louis Board of Elections yesterday certified that a petition drive for a smoking ban in Kirkwood had enough signatures to require action.If the Kirkwood City Council does not deal with the issue by September ... More >>

The Verdict on Kansas City's Smoking Ban: Put Out Your Butts, People

Wikimedia CommonsKansas City is free to enforce its indoor smoking ban, per an order issued yesterday by the Missouri Court of Appeals-Western District. According to a story today in the Kansas City Star, "Enforcement of the Kansas City smoking ordinance plays an important part in protecting the hea ... More >>

Gone Are the Days When Bars & Restaurants Simply Stopped Allowing Smoking...

...in light of all the hullabaloo surrounding potential smoking bans, going smoke-free is now apparently an act worthy of a press release. To wit: The Fox & Hounds, at the Cheshire Lodge, is now prohibiting smoking, per a statement sent to RFT today."This isn't about the rules or financial impac ... More >>

Readers are mad for (and about) St. Louis' most famous Hungarian

Town & Country Waffling on Smoking Ban

Photo by Jennifer Silverberg; Sheriff illustration by Kenn MinterAlderman John Hoffmann wants to put out the butts in Town & CountryLast week's "Butt Heads" feature story did not include stats or insights from munis with less than 15,000 people. Town & Country, with 11,000 inhabitants, thus ... More >>

Mayor Slay: "Not Willing to Wait Forever" for County to Approve Smoking Ban

mayorslay.comThe honorable Francis Slay may be a "butthead" for never getting back to Riverfront Times regarding our survey of local politicians and their views on smoking, but the St. Louis mayor is willing to share his thoughts via his blog. On Sunday the mayor once more blogged about a proposed c ... More >>

FoodWire: Clayton Smoking Ban Nears Approval

User "Opa," Wikimedia CommonsThis is usually Daily RFT's beat, but now that it looks definite, I'll post the news here: The Post-Dispatch reports that Clayton is all but certain to pass a ban on smoking in restaurants and most other public places, effective July of 2010. In a nice touch, the only Cl ... More >>

With Clayton Smoking Ban All But Guaranteed, Where is U. City, Creve Coeur and Overland?

Last night the Clayton board of aldermen gave initial approval to a smoking ban for businesses and restaurants that would go into effect in July 2010. The bill needs one more reading before becoming law, though it looks to be virtual done deal at this point. Just one alderman voted against the ban y ... More >>

Butt Heads: At the State Capitol, a Different Set of Smoking Rules Applies

Butt Heads: Want to know where our public officials stand on smoking bans? OK, we'll ask 'em!

Readers on inmates' last meals, idiot Americans and smoking bans

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Enforcement Could Burn City Smoking Ban

flickr.com/photos/wallygThe ban prompts the questions: Will The Smokers abide? And who will make them?Alderwoman Lyda Krewson's bill banning smoking inside almost all public spaces in the city gets its first reading this morning in front of the Board of Aldermen. The ordinance would only go into eff ... More >>

FoodWire: Cicero's Dining Room Goes Non-Smoking

Delmar Loop institution Cicero's (6691 Delmar Boulevard; Web site) has banned smoking in its dining room before 10 p.m., according to a sign on its front door. Smoking is still allowed in the bar and at concerts.Speaking of smoking bans: The Post-Dispatch has coverage of last night's public hearing ... More >>

Regional Smoking Ban Gathering Steam

flickr.com/photos/carolinespicsRegional legislators are taking note a proposed bill in St. Louis City calling for a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. The bill, proposed by Central West End alderwoman Lyda Krewson, would not go into effect unless St. Louis County passed a similar ban. Yesterday ... More >>

Washington University Will Go Entirely Smoke Free Next Year

All of Washington University's St. Louis campuses will become entirely smoke- and tobacco-free by July of 2010. Current policy prohibits smoking inside any university building. The new ban will prohibit smoking anywhere on university property -- including outdoor areas. "We know it will be difficult ... More >>

Speaking of Smoking Bans, St. Louis Alderwoman May Propose One of Her Own

Earlier today I wrote how Town & Country officials want to ban smoking in their municipality and all of St. Louis County. stlcin.missouri.orgLyda KrewsonNow comes word through City Hall scribe Jake Wagman that Central West End Alderwoman Lyda Krewson (Ward 28) plans to introduce a bill next week ... More >>

St. Louis Smokers and Non-Smokers to Face off March 17

Wikimedia CommonsGet your butts to the debate.Attention all flip-floppers, wafflers and vacillators who still can't make up their minds about whether St. Louis needs a smoking ban (probably the same folks who were "undecided" days before the election), there is a "Smoking Showdown" scheduled on ... More >>

No Smoking Ban for St. Louis? How Depressing.

Forget heart disease and lung cancer, which won't kill you for another 30 years or so, researchers from the University of Miami School of Medicine found that exposure to second-hand smoke may double the likelihood of depression:This study confirmed exposure to smoke by measuring cotinine -- a chemic ... More >>

Fired Up: RFT readers are sharply divided on whether St. Louis bars should be smokeless

St. Louis Smoking Activist May Soon Find Himself in Statewide Fight

In case you haven't seen it yet, my RFT colleague Keegan Hamilton has a great story in this week's paper about Bill Hannegan, a smokers' rights activist and founder of the blog Keep St. Louis Free. (As in, keep St. Louis free for smokers.) I won't ruin Keegan's story, but Hannegan has qui ... More >>

Drag King: Bill Hannegan can't stop huffing and puffing about smoking bans in St. Louis

Readers get fired up about smoking bans and Hanifan

Mayor Slay Weighs In On Smoking Bans

My post last week on Mayor Francis Slay's 2009 legislative agenda and its failure to address smoking in city bars and restaurants generated quite a few comments. Most readers of this blog -- it would seem -- disagree with my proposal that the mayor work with St. Louis County and/or state officials t ... More >>

St. Louis Non-Smoking Bars/Clubs/Venues: What Are They?

I've received some really positive feedback so far on my new year's resolutions piece (thanks to those of you who emailed -- I'm catching up on all of that stuff this week), but one letter I received seemed appropriate for a blog entry. A man wrote in and asked me for recommendations on venues and b ... More >>

Resolution No. '09

A list of New Year's resolutions for the bands, venues and fans of the local music scene.

Smokers' Olympics

Stuff Unreal likes! Plus: We smoke and run and picture Abe Lincoln on a Segway.

Smoke and Mirrors in Hermann, Missouri

Bowling's Back, Baby!

Smoke Signals

Willie Nelson

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 22. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights).

Puff Piece

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Smashed Mouth?

A band with some redacted words for Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Best Punk-Rock Venue

Creepy Crawl

Have Anti-Smoking Rules and Regulations Gone Too Far?

Week of April 23, 2003

BBQ

Bandana's

Indoor Fireworks

A Teamster tries to smoke out lawbreakers at Schnucks

Barbecue

Bandana's Bar-B-Q

Barbecue

Bandana's Bar-B-Q

Best Acupuncturist

Xinsheng Jiang (a.k.a. Dr. Ginger), Oriental Ginseng and Gifts