Stopping the smoking ban in Durango CO.

Durango CO is the process of bringing yet another smoking ban to bars and resturants in the city. The new ban would extend to smoking patios that many businesses in the area have. Many businsess spent money to build smoking areas when the first ban went into affect in 2006. This banned smoking inside workplaces, including bars and resturants, and you are no longer allowed to smoke within 15ft of the main enterance of a business. This new ban, that goes before City Council Oct. 16, has been lumped in with banning smoking in public parks and on the river trail. At the very least the issues need to be separated. Let the City do what they will with their property (parks, trails, etc.) but let the businesses determine what is best for them.