East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Bans Smoking in Bars and Casinos
Another Louisiana city as snuffed out smoking in its bars and casinos, as on Wednesday the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council approved an ordinance that bans smoking from bars and casinos.
The ban was approved by a 7-5 and will go into effect next June as a compromise to ease the transition to the new regulation.
According to the proposal, the ban includes cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and any other lighted or heated device tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs, and marijuana, whether natural or synthetic, in any form, and the use of electronic smoking devices in public and enclosed places within the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.
East Baton Rouge Parish is the most populous in the state, with a population of 446,753 people.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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