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Smoking ban near downtown hospitals is in effect
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 2 March 2013 - 11:22amMarch 1 has passed an the City of Charleston rule is in effect: you're no longer allowed to smoke in the immediate vicinity of downtown Charleston two hospitals, the Medical University of South Carolina or Roper St. Francis.ABC News 4... More
City of Charleston council approves outdoor smoking ban near downtown hospitals
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 - 8:23amStarting March 1 you'll no longer be able to smoke in the immediate vicinity of downtown Charleston two hospitals, the Medical University of South Carolina or Roper St. Francis. More
Goose Creek council to vote on smoking ban (Update: Banned)
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 - 7:54amUpdate: Goose Creek Town Council voted in the ban on Tuesday night — it goes into effect July 1.The vote was split 4 to 3.First reporting: Today, January 8, Goose Creek Town Council is expected to vote on a second and final reading of a... More
Profiling the rekindled North Charleston smoking ban debate
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 16 September 2012 - 8:17amUpdate: The smoking ban was rejected.With Charleston County voting to ban smoking in the unincorporated areas of the county, it looks likely that the debate will heat up around a rekindled North Charleston smoking ban.In 2008 the then council ... More
Charleston County smoking ban making progress (Update: Banned)
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 5 September 2012 - 8:32am(Updates at the bottom.)At its first reading before Charleston County Council, a ban on indoor smoking pased 8-1 on Tuesday night.Councilman Elliott Summey was the only member to vote against it, writing on Twitter at the time, "County council about... More
Talk of a smoking ban is back in North Charleston
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 18 August 2012 - 9:09amThe last time North Charleston's council voted on a smoking ban, it shot it down 6-4 in 2008.And now a draft ordinance is once again in the works, and with five new members on the council the vote could well go different this time around.... More
Charleston's last cigar bar is on the verge of losing its lease, smoking exemption
By Amanda Click on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 - 6:53amUpdates at the bottom.Downtown Charleston's only legal cigar bar, Club Habana, is in danger of losing its lease as well as its smoking exemption.Situated at 177 Meeting Street above the Tinder Box tobacco store, Club Habana scored the smoking... More
Public smoking ban ordinance on the radar in Summerville (update: backlash begins)
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 9 June 2011 - 9:30amUpdate June 9: In less than a month, the Summerville smoking ban will take effect.On July 12th, the ban goes into effect, and local business owners and residents are split in how they feel about it.WCBD-TV 2 has more info as well as a video report;... More
Goose Creek to vote on a smoking ban
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 10 February 2009 - 9:48amGoose Creek's city council is considering a smoking ban tonight at 7 p.m. Read more stories on this subject in our smoking ban topic page.Love it or hate it? Then go make yourself heard at City Hall. It's at 519 North Goose Creek Boulevard. If the... More
State unlikely to ban local smoking bans
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - 9:17pmAfter pondering how the recent ruling over the Isle of Palms smoking ban, Greg Hambrick over at the Charleston City Paper suggests that while the state's Republican could and would ban local smoking bans, they likely won't as it's not the Republican... More
