In Kansas City smoking is to be banned in cigar stores and smoke shops, there is one man who is trying to fight this amendment. According to him, "We need a place where smoking is permitted and children are not."
Kendall Culbertson is the owner of the Outlaw Cigar Co., a cigar shop, he said "Kansas City voters have declared their preference for a smoking ban in most public places but, in drafting the law, anti-smoking forces failed to exempt obvious locations like cigar shops and smoking clubs."
Culbertson feels that these omissions were simply a mistake and he hopes that some exemptions will be made by the voters, who are voting for the smoking ban in April.
"I believe it is illogical that casinos can allow smoking while their primary business is gambling, but cigar stores like mine can't permit smoking even though our primary business revolves around our customers being able to enjoy premium, handmade cigars in our 800 sq. ft. smoking lounge."
This is definitely a valid point that has probably been overlooked in many places and if the U.S. is a democratic and free country each person should have to do what they please in the areas designated for it.
