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Austin might ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios
Smokers in Austin could soon have fewer places to light up.
Austin’s 8-year-old ban on smoking inside bars, restaurants and live music venues might be expanded to include outdoor patios and decks at those businesses.
Live Tobacco-Free Austin Advocacy Group, a private organization, is pushing for the change, saying studies show secondhand smoke can be just as harmful outside as indoors.
The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department supports the idea, as does a city commission, the Early Childhood Council. The Austin City Council would have to make it law, but it’s not clear whether the council wants to.
Read more at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/austin-might-ban-smoking-on-bar-and-restaurant-pat/nTycJ/ .
