August 13, 2021 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Retail,  Smoking Bans

Louisville, Ky. Council Votes Against Cigar Bars

Cigar bars will remain banned in Louisville, Ky.

Yesterday, the Lousiville Metro Council voted 11-15 on a cigar bar ordinance. Because the measure failed to pass, cigar bars will remain illegal in Louisville.

If passed, it would have allowed for cigar bars to exist so long as they made at least 51 percent of their revenue from the sale of cigars or cigar-related accessories. Other provisions would have required a certain level of air purification. Current Louisville law bans smoking inside. That is why businesses like MATCH Cigar Bar are located in neighboring Jeffersonville, Ind., a roughly two-mile drive from downtown Lousiville.

Louisville is Kentucky’s largest city with a population of around 600,000 people.

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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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