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Judge rejects challenge to Omaha's smoking ban
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A judge has
rejected a challenge to Omaha's smoking ban.
Douglas County District Judge
Mark Ashford denied Big John's Billiards' request for a temporary
injunction against the smoking ban. In a ruling Friday, Ashford
said the business failed to show substantial harm caused by the
ordinance.
The state Supreme Court in May
overturned the city's exceptions to the ban, including one made for
businesses with keno.
Lawyers for Big John's argued
that the elimination of the exemption created an uneven playing
field because people can smoke in pool halls and bars with keno in
nearby Ralston and La Vista.
A statewide smoking ban goes into
effect next June.
Posted in News on Sunday, September 7, 2008 12:00 am
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