smoke free
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Smoke Free Workplace In the election of 2006, Ohio voters passed a law that prohibited smoking in public places. Today, even after the law went into effect on December 7th, there are places, mostly bars, that are still allowing patrons to smoke. The bar owners are getting away with this because when the law was passed the law makers did not have any enforcement rules. This has been making it very difficult for law officers and state officials to enforce the ban. In 2003 a similar ban was passed by City Council of Toledo. Businesses lost revenue and some businesses even closed their doors for good. Now instead of city by city, voters have passed a statewide law affecting even the non-smokers. Many non-smokers are affected by their employment. For example, the beer delivery person or the liquor sales representative that sell their product to bar establishments may not sell...

