Lungs
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Lungs Video: The Last Smoking Tour of Boise
Posted by Josh Gross and George Prentice on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Three weeks and counting.
Boise's tradition of mixing pints and puffs goes up in smoke on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, as a pair of ordinances will force smokers to butt out of the city's taverns. Following a robust debate and some tweaking of the language, the new rules will ask smokers to take their business, along with their cigarettes, elsewhere if they want a drink in Boise.
In Wednesday's BW, we visit some of Boise's smokier saloons to take the pulse of patrons and staff preparing to empty the ashtrays for the last time. Along with our intrepid scribes (who now clearly need a change of clothes and a tank of oxygen), BW's Josh Gross crafted this video of "The Last Smoking Tour of Boise."
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Lungs Boise Council Passes Smoke-Free Ordinances, Looks to Taxis Next
Posted by George Prentice on Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Citydesk counts at least 30 restaurants and/or bars in Boise that currently allow smoking. But in a little more than a month, it will be time to clean out the ashtrays once and for all.
As expected, the Boise City Council last night decided to ban smoking in the city's bars and restaurants, in addition to parks, the Greenbelt, the Grove and all of of Eighth Street between Main and Bannock. Councilman T.J. Thomson was the only council member to vote against the ordinance banning smoking in parks, hoping that designated smoking sections could be established in more of the city's larger parks. The ordinances, as written, would allow designated smoking areas only in Ann Morrison and Julia Davis parks, in addition to a smoking section near the Grove Plaza.
The new ordinance also bans smoking in taxi cabs. Which opened the door for the City Council to next consider a proposed ordinance that would introduce a list of changes to how taxis operate in the City of Trees. In today's BW, you can read all about the proposed taxi ordinance.
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