December 7, 2018 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Retail,  Smoking Bans

Alamosa, Colo. Approves Smoking Lounge Ordinance, Bans Smoking in Bars

If you want to open a cigar lounge in Alamosa, Colo., you may now do so.

The Alamosa City Council voted 4-2 to allow for the creation of smoking lounges within city property.

However, the news isn’t all good. As part of the ordinance, the city also banned smoking in bars and taverns as part of an effort to make the city’s laws in compliance with the Colorado Clean Indoor Act.

According to Alamosa News, there’s no one currently petitioning to create a smoke lounge, but the city wanted to allow for that type of business in the event someone did. Smoking lounges would need to be 500 feet from areas zoned for residences, schools and parks, as well as provide proper ventilation and ban anyone under the age of 18 from entering the premises.

Alamosa is located in Alamosa County, in the southern part of the state, roughly 30 miles north of the New Mexico border. It has a population of around 9,000.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.

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