Thursday, April 24 2008
Post-Bulletin (Rochetster, MN)
LILYDALE, Minn. -- Private cigar clubs like the Lilydale Social Club have provided indoor havens for cigar lovers, despite smoking bans in Minnesota and across the country.
The clubs have been popping up from New York to California. A few are in the open like Lilydale's. Others operate in secret, like one in downtown St. Paul.
Minnesota's smoking ban doesn't have a provision allowing smoking at social functions, including clubs, said the state Department of Health's indoor air supervisor, Dale Dorschner. He hadn't heard of the local clubs, and the state hasn't challenged the legality of any of these locations.
But the attorney for the Lilydale Social Club says the smoking ban was created to protect employees from second hand smoke. Their club has no employees, and is not open to the public.
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