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City’s smoking-ban borders hurt, help some bars
Indianapolis bars bordering Lawrence and Beech Grove, towns where smoking is still permitted, are feeling the effects of tougher smoking restrictions, as patrons move to taverns where they can still light up.
HETRICK: How far would and should you go to forgive?
Moral questions abound, from Poland to Penn State.
MYERS: Now ban smoking during the Indy 500
They can simply make the decision to protect the health of the fans.
Man shot during carjacking
An Indianapolis man was shot Monday night during a carjacking on the northeast side. The victim told police he was approached by a man in the 4300 block of East 31st Street just before 10:30 p.m. The man asked for a cigarette, forced his way into the car and shot the victim in the hip during a struggle, the victim said. The wounded man was taken to Wishard Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. His vehicle was found on fire two hours later in the 2700 block of North Butler Avenue.
Smoking ban is an accomplishment
Indiana will now protect 95 percent of people while at work and also allow citizens to eat at any restaurant in the state without having to encounter cigarette or cigar smoke.
MAHERN: Ballard’s silly intransigence on a smoking ban
If the mayor doesn’t believe the science, he should say so.
Statewide smoking ban passes House
Even if Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard follows through on a threat to veto the tougher citywide smoking ban council members passed Monday, a similar measure still pending in the General Assembly would prohibit lighting up in public places statewide.
Indiana battles legislative ‘creep’ in short session
Indiana senators have introduced 415 bills so far and House members have filed another 400, including so-called vehicle bills, which act as sort of blank slates for lawmakers to amend ideas onto.
Fire damages apartments, church
Firefighters believe a cigarette may have caused a fire in a small east-side apartment complex early Friday morning. It took firefighters about two hours to contain the blaze, which broke out at about 2 a.m. in the 4300 block of East Washington Street. The four-unit complex also houses Trinity House Community Outreach Church. Damage was estimated at more than $70,000. No injuries were reported. Four people from two units escaped without injury.
Don’t snuff out rights
Smoking and secondhand smoke put people at risk. But I just don’t understand the mentality of people who are trying to force their views on this topic.
EDITORIAL: OK smoking ban before year end
A plea to City-County Council Democrats: Keep your eye on the prize and vote this month for smoke-free workplaces.
EARLY: The council’s long and winding agenda
I do not care what people do as long as they don’t do it in the street and scare the horses.
KETZENBERGER: Great leadership from an unlikely place
Rol had done pretty well with his roofing business and it changed the way I thought of him.
MYERS: Yes, an infant’s odds are better in Cuba
The failure to provide comprehensive pre-natal care is dreadful.
MAHERN: Look how far our society has progressed
In these 30-some pages of advertising, there are photographs of 30 different individuals. Not one is African-American.
MYERS: Another opportunity to ban killer tobacco
Yes, for me this is personal. My father, Woodrow Sr., died of lung cancer caused by cigarettes. So did his brother Rufus. So did his brother Alphonso. So did his brother Joseph.
Q&A
The adult smoking rate in Indiana dropped to 21.2 percent last year, a major reduction from the 27 percent rate logged five years ago. Karla Sneegas, assistant commissioner of the State Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission, discussed the progress, as well as her agency’s efforts to help employers help their workers quit smoking.
Robbery victims forced to undress
Indianapolis police are investigating three robberies that have taken place in the past week in which the victims were told to undress by the suspect. The robberies occurred at 39th Street and Boulevard Place, Renton Street and Barrington Avenue, and 10th Street and Rural Street. In two of the cases, the robber asked for a light for a cigarette and then took the victims’ wallets and phones before ordering them to take off most of their clothing. Police say there’s a good chance the robberies are related.
Attention race fans: Hot dogs may be hazardous to your health
A billboard near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway features an image of hot dogs poking out of a cigarette pack adorned with a skull and crossbones. A message warns viewers that "hot dogs can wreck your health."