Whyte Avenue businesses call for pause on 10-metre smoking ban

Rather than clearing the air, Edmonton’s proposed 10-metre smoking ban could create “giant clouds of smoke” on Whyte Avenue by forcing people into a just few zones where they can light up, businesses warned Wednesday.
Those are the kind of unintended consequences likely if city council quickly approves proposed changes to its smoking bylaw, Cherie Klassen told council’s community services committee Wednesday.
The executive director of the Old Strathcona Business Associati