Governor signs cigar-bar exemption….
Morning coffee, check… e-newspaper, check….laptop, check….
It’s always a good thing when the underdog gets dealt a "bump up" card – and when logical, fair and bi partisan decisions are made, the senseless individuals in opposition will become enraged – that I’m sure of…the zealots are cuffing their fists in defeat on this one…but its only Nebraska!!
(Neb.)-Gov. signs cigar-bar exemption to Neb. smoking ban
LINCOLN,Neb. (AP) – Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that would exempt cigar bars from the state wide smoking ban set to take effect in June.
Under the bill (LB355), only cigars, not cigarettes, could be smoked in cigar bars. And to be considered a cigar bar, at least 10 percent of a bar’s sales would have to come from cigars and other tobacco and tobacco-related products – not including cigarettes.
Heineman signed the measure on Wednesday morning.
Some opponents think the bill’s on shaky legal ground, because it amounts to a special, unnecessary favor for cigar bars, one that conflicts with the reason for the ban: to promote public health.
Attorney General Jon Bruning’s office disagrees. The exemption won’t go into effect until September.
Hat’s off to the Governor of Nebraska!
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