Kansas City, Kansas, Smoking Ban

A unique feature of the smoking ban adopted Thursday by the 'Unigov" council is an exemption license. For $250 annually, a business can be exempted from the ban for up to three years until December 31, 2011. Backers of the ban were disappointed by the exemption, because it would leave a business's employees exposed to second-hand smoke (or their own) for 3 more years. I see the exemption license as a positive move. The display of the license will tell non-smokers of the risk before they enter, which will permit them to avoid the polluted atmosphere. Exempt business will undoubtedly be culling non-smokers from their clientele and reducing their market by 75% and paying for the privilege at the same time. Isn't that great, only in America.