NOLA smoking
The IPCPR has said next year’s convention will be in New Orleans. New Orleans has been a rather friendly city for smokers, but by the time the convention rolls around, maybe not so much. City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell recently pushed for a smoke-free week in the crescent city and plans to go further with some help from her anti-tobacco friends…
Statewide Healthier Air for All Campaign under the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL). TFL has led the charge in Baton Rouge to push for statewide bans on smoking in bars, though that legislation has failed. But several cities and parishes have recently adopted their own legislation to prohibit smoking in barrooms. Mirroring recent laws in Alexandria, Monroe, West Monroe and all of Ouachita Parish, this fall Cantrell plans to introduce legislation to make New Orleans bars and public buildings smoke-free.
So a tobacco convention is set to spend many bucks in New Orleans next summer and the council wants to ban smoking. That should work out well.
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