June 2005: Despite hefty losses, Minneapolis bar owners can't get anyone to reconsider the smoking ban

This is a June 2005 article from City Pages on the effect of the Minneapolis Smoking ban which took effect in March 2005. I recall that that was a very warm Spring so cold wasn't a real factor before this June 01, 2005 story. I recall that the 2005 Autumn was until December 2005, when a protracted cold spell hit. The cold spell took another permanent toll on the Minneapolis Bar business.

City Pages has permanent links. Here is the single page link. http://articles.citypages.com/2005-06-01/news/stubbed-out/full/