Fox 2: Pressure Mounts for St. Louis City to go smoke-free
by Sean Conroy, February 10, 2009
Chicago and Kansas City have imposed smoking bans in public places and now St. Louis city and county are being pressured to follow suit. University City is joining Creve Couer, Olivette, Overland, and Clayton in considering a smoking ban. Limit Street is where U-City and St. Louis meet and the push is on to not only erase smoking on both sides of that street.
"It's a niche. We have a bar that is different," says Amsterdam Tavern bartender Bert Nelson.
It's not only all the soccer on the TV that makes this south side bar different, but the non-smoking sign on the door.
"If anything it's helped us because the people come in here because we are non-smoking," says Nelson.
The Amsterdam Tavern is smoke free by choice but Nelson sees every other bar in the city not having the choice soon.
"Every major municipality is going to it. States are going to it. It's a matter of time."
The push is on for that matter of time to be within the next ten months says Smoke Free St. Louis Coalition's Diana Benanti.
"We are looking for positive change in 2009,"
Specifically, they hope for the city of St. Louis to start a smoking ban.
"It only takes one community to pave the way and we need St. Louis city to go smoke free," she says.
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