Savannah’s Smoking Law about to take Effect

SAVANNAH, Ga.  – A new ordinance that bans smoking in
numerous locations is about to take effect in Savannah, and smokers
and businesses are preparing to deal with the restrictions.

The rules, effective with the start of the new year, ban smoking
in bars, bowling alleys, outdoor stadiums, private clubs and even
when standing outdoors in a service line.

The ban affects cigarettes, cigars, pipes and even electronic
cigarettes.

Breatheasy Savannah, the organization backing the tighter
restrictions, has strong support from health-care professionals and
from music fans eager to visit nightclubs without smelling like an
ashtray.

Breatheasy supplies kits that include signs to alert customers
and a tape measure so that businesses know where to draw the line
to meet a requirement for smoking be kept 10 feet from an entrance.