Smoke, smoke, smoke but not in here

By Davis Rankin
FUTURO McAllen

McAllen city commissioners at their meeting Monday night made it harder for smokers and it was also revealed that the city has weighed-in legally in the fight over Senate Bill 4, the Texas Sanctuary Cities bill, also known as the ‘Show me your papers’ law in Texas.
Commissioners voted to strengthen the city’s already existing ban on smoking in public venues so that smokers will no longer be able to smoke in parks or in inside bars and restaurants. The only exemptions commissioners made will be ‘cigar bars’ in which 40 percent or more of its revenues come from the sale of tobacco products; and bingo halls.

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