April 18, 2014 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Lewiston, Idaho Tries Going Smoke-Free

The Lewiston City Council voted 5-2 in favor of a half-hearted measure to try to remove smoking from some of the city’s outdoor spaces. The new law in the state’s ninth largest city is voluntary, meaning there will be no penalties for violating the smoking ban.

Signs will be posted by the city’s health department in parks asking for people to not smoke in public areas. It remains unknown if there is enough support to attach actual penalties to a smoking  ordinance.

Lewiston is located in northern Idaho, separated from the state of Washington by the Snake River. It has a population over 60,000.

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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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