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Challenge to Clayton smoking ban
12:10 pm
Thu March 3, 2011

Clayton faces lawsuit over outdoor smoking ban

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
Clayton resident Arthur Gallagher (L) and his attorney Bevis Schock smoke cigars on the sidewalk near Shaw Park in Clayton. Gallagher is challenging the constitutionality of Clayton's ban on smoking in public parks.
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Updated with details from press conference, comments from city officials.

Calling smoking a fundamental right in America, attorneys have filed a federal legal challenge to Clayton's ban on smoking in outdoor  public places.

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Missouri Athletic Club Smoking Violation
4:30 pm
Wed February 9, 2011

Missouri Athletic Club gets first city smoking violation

Outside the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Mo. (via Flickr/Digital Sextant)
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The Missouri Athletic Club has received the first citation for violating St. Louis city's ban on smoking.

Interim health director Pamela Rice Walker says the club mistakenly believes it's exempt from the measure as a private club, saying the exemption only applies if there are no employees.

She says the department first heard about violations at the club in January, and gave the MAC 30 days to comply.

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Morning round-up
9:26 am
Mon January 24, 2011

Morning headlines: Winter weather continues, Dooley calls smoking exemptions "unacceptable," Mo. Medicaid budget to rise

County Executive Charlie A. Dooley calls the 110 smoking ban exemptions "unacceptable." He plans to meet with the County Council to dicuss ways to remove some exemptions. (SLPRnews)
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  • January continues to be a snowy, slipper month for the St. Louis area. Several accidents are being reported this morning, and several schools are closed - many for the third in a row. The latest problems come after about an inch of snow fell yesterday, followed by a light freezing drizzle this morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said interstates 64 and 70 in parts of St. Louis and St. Charles are particularly slick.
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