Bars support statewide smoking ban

Publication Date: 2005-03-17

• Author:Tamara Miller
• Publication:Vail (CO) Daily News

"Do it."

That's what many local bar and restaurant owners are saying to a proposed law that would ban smoking in public places in Colorado...

State Rep. Gary Lindstrom, who represents Eagle County, is co-sponsoring a bill that would ban smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants statewide. The bill already has won the support of health care professionals and business leaders across the state, including the Colorado Restaurant Association...

Bans notwithstanding, some local restaurants and bars have opted to go smoke-free on their own. For example, Loaded Joe's, a coffeehouse and bar in Avon, doesn't allow smoking and even promotes that in radio ads...