Grand Prairie, Texas Passes Smoking Ban
Smoking in restaurants, arenas and city facilities in Grand Prairie will be banned after the Dallas suburb’s City Council voted unanimously in favor of the new restrictions. There is however a long list of exemptions which includes tobacconists, bars, billiard halls and hookah lounges.
While smoking in sports arenas is banned, Lone Star Park, the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s horse track is also exempt.
According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, few people spoke in opposition to the ordinance.
Still, antismoking advocates were not pleased. Smoke Free Texas and others advocated for a bill with zero exemptions.
Grand Prairie is located in between Dallas and Fort Worth with a population of over 175,000.
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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