Columbia Consider Extensive Smoking Ban

Columbia’s city council takes a look at an ordinance tonight that would ban smoking in most public areas, including outdoor arenas and outdoor patios. One member of the city board of health who voted against sending the idea to the council says it’s a private property issue, and that people who expose themselves to second-hand smoke do so willingly in the places where the ordinance proposes to ban smoking. The head of the board says the ordinance is in the public’s best interest.