OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials with 11 cigar bars have met in Omaha this week to discuss the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ruling banning their customers from smoking indoors.
Last week, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that exceptions allowing indoor smoking in cigar bars and tobacco shops were unconstitutional. Cigar bar representatives met Wednesday to brainstorm ways to stall the effects of the court’s ruling.
Cigar bar owners say they’ll let their customers continue to smoke until their cigar bar licenses expire on Oct. 31. Some say they want lawmakers to take up the issue in next year’s legislative session.
The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission says it won’t renew or issue any new cigar bar licenses.