SMOKING BANS
Bismarck bar smoking ban might go to public vote 
A group of Bismarck bar workers say they have collected more than enough signatures to refer a new city ordinance banning smoking in bars to a vote of the people.
By Associated Press , October 19, 2010
Medora mayor no longer seeking smoking ban
Medora's mayor says he's no longer seeking to ban smoking in public places and area businesses.
By Associated Press , October 09, 2010
Bismarck bar workers seek no-smoking repeal
A group of Bismarck bar employees are starting a campaign for a referendum on a city ordinance that bans smoking in bars.
By Associated Press , October 08, 2010
Smoking ban proposal offered in Medora
Medora, N.D., Mayor Doug Ellison, a nonsmoker, recently sent a letter to city council members, proposing they pass an antismoking ordinance. His proposal would ban smoking on city property — including streets and sidewalks — and in bars.
By Ashley Martin , September 16, 2010
Smoking banned in Bismarck bars
The City Commission late Tuesday voted 4-1 to enact the ban on Nov. 1, after an hour of testimony at a large exhibit hall during which supporters and opponents of the proposed ban were allowed to make their case.
By Associated Press , August 25, 2010
When smoking was smoking
The notion of Grand Forks bars going smoke-free might have amused civic leaders throughout the Red River Valley a century ago. In 1910, cities throughout the valley celebrated tobacco.
By Kevin Bonham , August 12, 2010
Smoke-free GF comes this weekend
What you need to know about the smoking ban that goes into effect midnight SaturdayThe stroke of midnight Saturday is the dividing line between a world where you can smoke in Grand Forks bars, truck stops and the bowling alley and a world where you can’t.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 12, 2010
Napoleon bans bar smoking
Residents of Napoleon have decided to ban smoking in the southeast North Dakota town's two bars.
By Associated Press , June 12, 2010
Not enough signatures for smoking ban referendum
Grand Forks bar owners gathering signatures to petition the City Council for a referendum on the new smoking ban said they came up short of the 3,815 signatures needed. Wednesday was the deadline to submit the signatures.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , May 05, 2010
GF should stick with smoking ban
Bear with me today as I climb aboard my soapbox. I don’t often burden readers with manifestos of wisdom from on high, but today is one of those rare times of dipping my toe into the seriousness pool.
By Ryan Bakken , May 03, 2010
Smoking ban in Devils Lake to go to public vote
A smoking ban will go before Devils Lake voters later this year, the City Commission decided Monday night following an intense debate.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , May 03, 2010
Former N.D. Gov. Sinner: Did Capitol smoking ban hurt his ag secretary prospects?
Former Gov. George Sinner believes his decision to ban smoking in the North Dakota Capitol might have cost him a chance at being U.S. agriculture secretary.
By Associated Press , April 30, 2010
Navy to ban smoking on submarines
By New Year's Eve, sailors will have to kick the habit. In early April, the Navy ordered its fleet of 71 submarines to snuff out smoking onboard by the end of 2010 _ closing one of the last loopholes in an indoor smoking ban the U.S. military imposed in 1994.
By Russ Bynum , April 28, 2010
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