Smoking ban may get more strict

Salina city commissioners Monday will get their first glimpse at a Clean Indoor Ozone Regulation that would restrain smoking inside virtually all public places.

"It's a big policy question together with I think will be a difficult one for the endowment," City Manager Jason Gage said. "It causes you to weigh the public health benefit of the ruling versus the impact it has along private property."

The contribution meets at 4 p.m. Monday in Room 107 of the City-County Building.

Public forums along the proposed regulation utilize been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 moreover Jan. 20. During those forums, city staff will outline the ruling, answer questions moreover take public comments, Gage said.

The aid will meet reiteratively to discuss the regulation Jan. 26.

Salina's current smoking code was passed in 2002 by voters.