DURANGO ” In a case that could test Colorado’s new indoor smoking ban, the district attorney for La Plata County has filed charges against a Durango bar where patrons are still allowed to light up.

METAIRIE — Proponents of the new smoking ban in Louisiana restaurants say their ultimate goal is to ban smoking in bars as well but they aren’t sure it can happen. “Of course our coalition would like ...

The air inside the Velvet Melvin was somewhat cleaner Saturday afternoon, just hours after Houston's smoking ordinance outlawed smoking in bars, pubs and taverns. And the debate over the new ban was ...

Delaware’s Restaurant Association says restaurant business is up 5.7 percent after its members went smoke-free Nov. 27, 2002. Bar and restaurant owners in Fort Collins have said they are happy with ...

In another blow to Minnesota bars allowing smoking, a Sixth Judicial District judge has ruled that the acting going on in a Babbitt bar this winter wasn’t of the caliber to exempt the actors from the ...

An airtight, soundproof glass wall wraps around the bar at the Four Kegs sports bar in Las Vegas, separating smoking drinkers from dining patrons. Four Kegs even customized its air conditioning to mix ...

Now that state lawmakers have reached a deal to prohibit smoking in virtually all workplaces -- including restaurants and taverns -- we wondered how local business operators would react to the ban, ...