Not all small towns in Indiana are the same. Valparaiso goes the smoking ban route:
A task force formed earlier this year distributed 2,500 surveys to Valparaiso-area residents, 915 of whom responded largely with a desire for a smoking ban in restaurants and the workplace.
The council also approved a four-point amendment to the ordinance, one point of which called for another study by the ordinance task force to further discuss the percentage of smoking rooms that may be included in hotels.
But they're not ready for a ban in Huntington:
Does a ban on lighting up in public places loom on the horizon for Huntington?
Not anytime soon, says Mayor Terry Abbett.
“I'll be perfectly honest, this issue has never been brought up by City Council,” Abbett said. “I've never even been approached to talk to the City Council about it.”
Sooner or later, we're going to have a statewide measure at least proposed, and all of this may be moot. And is anyone else surprised that we haven't had nationwide legislation yet?
