R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company overrules Pittsburgh's smoking ban


After Allegheny County passed a smoking ban in restaurants and bars last October, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco paid the legal bills for Mitchell's Bar & Restaurant and the Smithfield Cafe to challenge the local law, which was struck down by the state Commonwealth Court, which ruled that it was prohibited by the state's Clean Indoor Air Act (1988), which allows indoor air to be polluted by tobacco smoke.

Thanks to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, nonsmokers will continue to get cancer and die from breathing second-hand smoke in Pittsburgh restaurants and bars. The best course of action for nonsmokers is to avoid Mitchell's Bar & Restaurant, the Smithfield Cafe, and other deadly places of business.

Posted: Monday - May 28, 2007 at 12:40 PM          

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