Smoking Ban
It sounds like Virginia is getting closer to enacting at least a partial smoking ban in restaurants. I don’t smoke and I’m a huge fan of banning smoking in restaurants - mostly because I hate to be around it. I know there are some complex issues involved but I think ultimately we’re all better off if there is no smoking in restaurants. A City-only ban would never fly because smoking customers would just move to neighboring areas where smoking is allowed - but a statewide ban should have less of an impact on City businesses.
The proposed ban would allow smoking in walled-off areas that have separate ventilation systems. I wonder if this is why 4Ps recently installed a wall between their bar and sit-down restaurant area (although I’m not sure that is sufficient to get by this proposed new law - plus the only way into that area would be through the bar section).
From what I can tell, this law hasn’t been passed yet. If you’re in favor of a smoking ban it probably wouldn’t hurt to contact your state representatives to tell them you support it.
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