Missouri: Smoking ban supporters give up on April referendum, instead shoot for June

Thu, Jan 14 2010 — Source: Maryville Daily Forum

Citizens for a Smoke-free Nodaway County have given up their attempt to get a workplace smoking ban petition referendum before Maryville voters during the April 6 election. But organizers of the effort to prohibit smoking inside all places of employment inside the city limits, including private clubs, say they will soldier on and have set their sights on the following election date of June 8. Teri Harr, a spokesperson for the smoke-free coalition and the health education coordinator at St.