Jump to full article: Midwest Voices (Kansas City Star), 2008-09-04
Author: Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Intro: KC voters approved a tough smoking ban in April, but very quietly City Council members already are looking at changing it.
The City Charter says it would take just 9 of the 13 City Council members to alter what voters endorsed five months ago.
-- One change under consideration would weaken the voter-approved law and allow smoking in retail tobacco shops.
-- The other change, though, appears to reduce where a person may smoke on a casino. That would be a positive development -- if that's what the ordinance would really do.
The voter-approved ordinance prohibits smoking in a "casino gaming area."
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