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New Orleans Prohibits Smoking in Bars and Casinos
January 23, 2015
Those famous Big Easy jazz clubs just got a lot less smokey after todayÈs unanimous vote by the New Orleans City Council to prohibit smoking in the cityÈs bars and casinos.
The smoke-free bars and casinos join the cityÈs restaurants, which were already smoke-free thanks to a state law.
Our Louisiana volunteers and staff worked tirelessly with our partners, including New Orleans musicians who play in bars and casinos, to get the ban passed.
You can read more about the vote from this article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Read this great op-ed featured in the New Orleans Advocateξfrom the American Cancer SocietyÈs deputy chief medical officer, who represented ACS CAN at a hearing regarding the ordinance, about the musicians who helped lobby for the ban.
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