December 24, 2014 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Wichita County, Texas Plans Expanded Smoking Ban

Earlier this year, Wichita Falls, Texas passed a smoking ban that restricted smoking in almost all businesses; now, the ban could be coming to the rest of Wichita County.

The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District will propose the smoking ban to officials in the remaining areas of the county: Burkburnett, Cashion Community, Electra, Iowa Park and Pleasant Valley.

While bars and restaurants in Wichita Falls are now smoke-free, tobacco and electronic cigarette stores were exempt. In order to meet the exemption, no more than 25 percent of sales can come from non-tobacco product and accessories.

Wichita County has a population of 130,000, over 100,00 of which comes from Wichita Fallas. It is located in north central Texas on the Oklahoma-Texas border.

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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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