LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Cigar bar owners in Nebraska think Monday will be the last day their customers will be able to smoke indoors.
The state liquor control commission sent a letter to cigar bar owners on Friday, instructing them to turn in their specialty license for a regular liquor license.
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in August that an exemption to the state’s smoking ban allowing indoor smoking in cigar bars was unconstitutional. The court found the exception amounted to unconstitutional special legislation.
Jason Hutchinson runs Jake’s Cigars & Spirits and says he’s appreciative that he no longer has to wonder when the bar’s last smoking day will come. He hopes lawmakers will work on new legislation that “will work out in the end for everybody.”