Elkhart passes smoking ban; is county-wide ban next?

Sunday, April 06 2008

ELKHART [IN] - Lighting up in Elkhart will soon be a thing of the past. The City Council passed a smoking ordinance Thursday [April 3]. It bans smoking in any enclosed public places, like restaurants and some businesses. Goshen passed a similar ban last April. Many wonder if a county-wide ban is next.

Nappanee would also have to pass its own ban before the county would consider it. That's a promise one county commissioner made to proponents. But a smoking ban in Nappanee is not likely to happen anytime soon.

"It's my choice if I want to smoke or not," smoker Noel Johnson told WSBT News.

But that choice is quickly being taken away as many businesses are going smoke free.
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