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Lone Cigar Bar In Minneapolis Fighting To Stay Open Amid Potential Tobacco Regulations

The City of Minneapolis is aiming at a tobacco loophole that would force its only cigar bar to close.

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December 6, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — The City of Minneapolis is aiming at a tobacco loophole that would force its only cigar bar to close.

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The city council is set to vote this week on proposed changes to tobacco regulations that have the support of the Minneapolis Health Department.

One of the changes is to close the "sampling loophole" in Minnesota's Clean Air Act, which allows smoking indoors when tobacco products are being sampled before purchase.

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