State may snuff Aspen's Cigar Bar

Publication Date: 2007-04-20

• Author:Janet Urquhart
• Publication:Aspen Times

Cigar bars were exempted when the Legislature enacted a statewide smoking ban last year, but fears that watering holes are now turning into cigar bars to skirt the ban has lawmakers considering outlawing cigar bars altogether.

On Wednesday, a Senate committee backed a proposal - Senate Bill 250 - to close the loophole for bars that receive 5 percent of their income from selling tobacco.