February 3, 2015 Patrick Lagreid Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Conway, S.C. Says No To Smoking Ban in Businesses; Parks Not So Lucky

The Conway City Council started off the year by passing the first reading of a proposal that would effectively ban smoking in all private businesses. Less than a month later, it appears that bill is dead and the city will enact a parks smoking ban in its place, as well as ban smoking inside city buildings and city-owned vehicles.

The ordinance started its downward spiral at its second reading on Jan. 20, when Councilwoman Jean Timbes changed her vote after realizing she didn’t want to tell business owners what to do, and wanted to see a ban in parks and city buildings.

At Monday night’s meeting, while the council acknowledged that the world was going smoke-free and they had a desire to see the city go smoke-free, a majority also said Conway wasn’t ready to do so yet. While the ban wasn’t acted on at the meeting, the council made plans to formally vote it down at its Feb. 16 meeting. It’s at that meeting when the ban on smoking in parks, city buildings and city-owned vehicles will be voted on, a ban that will provide for a $100 fine for violators, according to MyrtleBeachOnline.com.

Conway is located about 100 miles northeast of Charleston and 15 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach. It has a population of approximately 19,300.

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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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