Smoking Ban

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 1, 2010 - With Clayton's smoking ban begining today, smoke and mixed feelings filled the air in…

Steve Stenger, the incumbent St. Louis County executive, has won another four years in office.Stenger, a Democratic, handily beat his opponents,…

Anti-smoking advocates in the St. Louis region will be encouraging their supporters to vote no next month on a proposed smoking ban in St. Charles County…

James Parker has been smoking for more than six decades. But to keep his habit, he's had to make changes. Every time he smokes, he has to go outside his…

If there’s one constant about the sometimes-unpredictable St. Louis County Council, it’s that a bid to expand the county’s smoking ban will always be…

For the third year in a row an effort to create a smoking ban in St. Charles County is underway.The St. Charles County Council began considering a bill…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 13, 2013 - St. Charles County Republicans say they’re opposed to any sort of smoking bans,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 28, 2013 - The film Platoon is narrated by a fictional American infantryman in Vietnam named…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 6, 2013 - St. Louis County bar owners – and representatives of at least one county casino –…

The owners of more than three dozen restaurants and bars in St. Louis County filed into the County Council chambers in Clayton today with one request -…