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• Strawberry Festival goes nearly smoke-free in 2020 after town bans smoking

  February 12, 2019 11:01 AM

  PONCHATOULA – Riding a wave of smoking bans across the region, this town known for its popular Strawberry Festival banned smoking in public places this week. The city council approved a ban at its meeting Monday night. Come May 12, smoking will be banned in places like bars,... more »

• Smoking ban snuffed out... for now; Council delays making anti-smoking decision Play Video

  June 28, 2017 7:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A bizarre conversation about banning smoking in bars and restaurants in Baton Rouge was deferred – meaning, it was not decided Wednesday and will instead be discussed later. Casinos expressed issues over the proposal since it was set to ban smoking in gaming facilities, too. Opponents... more »

• Metro Council kills smoking ban proposal Play Video

  April 13, 2016 7:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Metro Council killed a proposal that would have banned smoking in all businesses, including bars and casinos. Smoking ban fails. pic.twitter.com/qiXjg0jauI — Brittany Weiss WBRZ (@MsBWeiss) April 13, 2016 The ordinance was designed to include a ban on... more »

• Metro Council to vote on smoking ban Wednesday

  April 13, 2016 9:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Metro Council is set to discuss a proposal that would ban smoking in all business around the capital city. The idea was pitched by Smoke Free Baton Rouge, an anti-smoking campaign. It started out as a plan to ban smoking in bars and casinos around Baton Rouge,... more »

• Metro Council introduces smoking ban, will consider in April

  March 23, 2016 9:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Baton Rouge Metro Council introduced a smoking ban for discussion, Wednesday. This was not a public hearing. The Metro Council plans to discuss and debate the potential ban on April 13th. This smoking ban would make it illegal to smoke in businesses in the parish, including bars... more »

• Metro Council to consider smoking ban in Baton Rouge businesses Play Video

  March 18, 2016 11:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The Metro Council is getting ready to discuss a smoking ban in casinos and bars in Baton Rouge. A smoke-free campaign in the community caught the council's attention and they decided to consider extending the ban to all businesses. Joe Hall owns Phil Brady's Bar in Baton... more »

• Group wants to ban smoking in bars, casinos across Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 26, 2016 10:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The group Smoke-free East Baton Rouge is working on a campaign to extend an existing statewide smoking ban to include bars and gaming facilities. The group, made up of Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, Cancer Action Network, the American Lung Association and others,... more »

• Public housing faces smoking ban Play Video

  November 13, 2015 10:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - People who rely on government help to pay their rent could be told to quit smoking, or live somewhere else. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, is considering banning smoking on all of its properties across the nation. HUD says the ban would... more »