METAIRIE — Proponents of the new smoking ban in Louisiana restaurants say their ultimate goal is to ban smoking in bars as well but they aren’t sure it can happen. “Of course our coalition would like ...

DURANGO ” In a case that could test Colorado’s new indoor smoking ban, the district attorney for La Plata County has filed charges against a Durango bar where patrons are still allowed to light up.

On Saturday, a vision of pink took over Mack Road. Community members celebrated the opening of “Baddies R Us Beauty Bar.” ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Not so long ago Lafayette's downtown bar and restaurant scene was a smoke-filled affair. Over the years, as Lafayette enacted its smoking ban and customers became less tolerant of ...

Delaware’s Restaurant Association says restaurant business is up 5.7 percent after its members went smoke-free Nov. 27, 2002. Bar and restaurant owners in Fort Collins have said they are happy with ...

As of last Wednesday, the usual cloud of smoke inside the Hideaway Bar has disappeared for good. The Miami Dolphins-loving, Andrew Spear artwork-covered dive bar – famed for its cheeseburgers and ...

SACRAMENTO — More California bar patrons like the state’s nearly 3-year-old ban on smoking in bars than did when the prohibition was imposed, according to a new poll. The number of bar patrons who ...

Councilwoman Susan Guidry stood alone against the request of La Habana Hemingway Cigar Bar, whose owner wants to continue selling cigars and booze despite the city's newly enacted smoking ban. She ...

A hookah bar that opened last week in Lincoln says it believes it is operating legally despite a state Supreme Court ruling last month that threw out exceptions to the state's indoor smoking ban for ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In a blow to bar owners, a ruling Wednesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld Indianapolis’ smoking ban. The court also ruled to take away the only exemption to the smoking ...