Norfolk backs off smoking ban

I feel sorry for Dr. Theresa Whibley - I really do. Even though I don’t agree with her stance on the smoking ban, you have to give her props for having worked tirelessly for it. No doubt she feels abandoned at this point. The Virginian Pilot reports that the Norfolk Council is backing off implementing the ban.

“A majority of council now opposes it,” Council member Theresa Whibley said of
the ban passed five months ago.

This comes after Norfolk boldly said its charter allowed such a ban. Seems that Norfolk really doesn’t want to put that to a test. And, in the end, Norfolk doesn’t want to go it alone.
I still don’t think we need a smoking ban. If restaurants want to go smoke free, there is nothing stopping them. And if the people want smoke-free restaurants, they will stop going to places that allow it