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As the smoke clears around New Orleans' nbsp;new smoking ban - yes, I wrote that - here is the closest I could come to laying out just what places will be smoke-free and where some exceptions can be found. The council's unanimous vote Thursday (Jan. 22) sends the final bill to Mayor Mitch Landrieu's desk. Once he signs it, then...
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As the smoke clears around New Orleans' new smoking ban -- yes, I wrote that -- here is the closest I could come to laying out just what places will be smoke-free and where some exceptions can be found.
A lot of you called or wrote with questions about enforcement. That seemed to be a sticking point for the council, too. Councilman Jason Williams got full support from his colleagues for his amendment to remove the NOPD as an enforcement agency. Likewise, Cantrell backed away from an earlier change that would have given NOLA Patrol -- the civilian quality-of-life details in the French Quarter -- the authority to enforce the ban.
That leaves enforcement of the ban to city agencies, including the departments of health, code enforcement, recreation, parks and parkways and safety hotel discount rates permits. Lawmakers and staff said privately that the law is likely to be self-regulating -- anyone can call 311 to complain about a bar allowing smoking or vaping.
The original hotel discount rates bill required smokers to stand 25 feet away from places where smoking was banned. Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell agreed to shrink that to 5 feet. But Councilman James Gray's successful amendment eliminated all distances.
hotel discount rates Exceptions include events hosted and controlled by tobacco hotel discount rates retailers, smoking and vaping organizations or businesses that aren't open to the public. Such instances apply to convention halls and designated rooms or areas in hotels.