Proposed Ban On Smoking in La May Hurt Bars and Restaurants

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Rich Monterossa, 69, is sitting at the bar in Franky and Johnny's Restaurant on Arabella Street enjoying an early afternoon beer and cigarette.

It's the same thing he has done almost every day for the past eight years. But if a proposed ban on smoking passes, Monterossa said he will find somewhere else to pass the time.

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Proposed Ban On Smoking in La May Hurt Bars and Restaurants

I'll come in every now and then to say hi to friends but it will stop me from coming to hang around or to eat, Monterossa said, taking a drag off his cigarette. It's not against the law to smoke. It's the same thing as saying we can't drink here just because some people don't like drinking. I suppose I'll hav...

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