Dallas council agrees to vote on expanded smoking ban

Thursday, December 04 2008

First came bans in municipal and office buildings, then restaurants and most workplaces.

And soon, puffing a cigarette in Dallas bars and billiard halls could likewise go the way of ashtrays in airplanes as the Dallas City Council agreed Wednesday to vote next week on a long- debated expansion of the smoking ordinance.

But that's about all the council agreed upon: Members remain deeply divided over whether to support the expanded restrictions.

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