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I should have known that as soon as I left town the Minneapolis City Council would spring into action and pass Falguni's Law, effectively banning smoking within 9000 feet of any building with a roof. It's not like I was gonna go down there and watch them vote or anything, it's just that now I've gotta dig through 3 days worth of newspapers to get the scoop. I'm so lame and behind the times. Again.

From reading, it sounds like there were some last minute attempts to compromise and allow establishments that serve mostly alcohol (often called "bars") to let their patrons continue to smoke, but those amendments all went up in, umm, yeah. I'm kinda surprised it ended up all or nothing like it did; some of the compromises seemed pretty reasonable. And that's coming from someone who's hardly a fan of smoking and who will in some cases switch tables to get away from an especially noxious section.

I'll be interested to go to a show at First Avenue next summer - assuming it's still a music venue - and see if people are actually adhering to the new law. I kinda hope they do, but not because I find the smoke at concert-bars to be offensive. I hope they do because that way I won't have to strain to hear the music over all the people bitching about the renegade smokers in the room.

Smoking ban passes in Minneapolis [strib]