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  • CALIFORNIA: 5-year-old ban in bars leaves owners, customers fuming

    01/06/2003 6:58:16 AM PST · by SheLion · 715 replies · 4,699+ views
    Appeal-Democrat.com ^ | 5 January 2003 | Scott Bransford
    It's been in place for five years now, but many Yuba-Sutter bar owners and patrons said they have yet to become accustomed to California's ban on smoking in bars. At establishments such as Stassi's Fourth Ward Tavern in Marysville this weekend, business owners were still fuming over the ban, which took effect in January 1998. The ban - a first for the nation - was intended to protect bartenders from health risks posed by second-hand smoke. Yet Roy Newlove, the owner of Stassi's for roughly 10 years, said it does nothing more than slow business and cause headaches for his...