Smoking Ban In Washington, DC

The Express ,a daily publication of The Washington Post reports that, The DC Council on Tuesday voted 12-1 to ban smoking from bars, restaurants and other indoor public places in the District. According to the Express, the measure would make all restaurant eating-areas smoke free at the time of enactment but would give bars, clubs, taverns and the bar areas of restaurants until 2007 to go smoke-free. A second and final vote on this measure could come later this month or in January. What's comforting right now is that DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams is still undecided on whether he will sing the legislation or not. Let's wait and see.