Deal on smoking ban weighed

Monday, December 15 2008

LANSING -- A decade-long campaign to ban smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places could come to a head this week if six lawmakers can fashion a compromise that might allow smoking in Detroit's casinos.

Another plan would let bars and restaurants allow smoking if they pay an annual fee to the state.

Still, the smoke-free effort could explode like a trick cigar in the lame-duck Legislature, leaving antismoking advocates to regroup and try again next year.

Deal on smoking ban weighed continues...