Smoking Ban Raises Few Complaints In Maryland So Far
posted 6:43 pm Fri February 15, 2008 - Annapolis
Restaurant industry officials who opposed the ban also say there haven't been problems with noncompliance. The law requires restaurants to remove ashtrays and post no-smoking signs, and they could be fined for allowing smoking. But people in the industry say it'll be a long time before they know whether the ban is hurting business.
Kurt Beall is the owner of Heroes Pub in Annapolis. He shut it down temporarily to remove some of the evidence of years of smoking - replacing the ceiling and applying new paint. Beall says some people aren't happy about going outside to smoke - but they're doing it.
Latest Comment on Smoking Ban Raises Few Complaints In Maryland So Far
JTSpangler
7:20 pm on 02/16/08
From monitoring my hometown online papers in Sout h Central Pennsylvania, it appears that some hard-core nicotine addicts who are too dumb to quit have been journeying north of the Mason-Dixon to share their smoke in bars where the alcoholics are too addled to mind.
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