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Fort Wayne committee votes to add narrow cigar‑lounge exemption to city smoking code
Summary
The Common Council's regulations committee recommended passage of an amendment to Fort Wayne Municipal Code Chapter 95 that would allow narrowly defined, 21+ cigar lounges under strict local guardrails and state licensing; the committee voted 9-0 to recommend passage.
Council members on the Fort Wayne Common Council's regulations committee voted unanimously Dec. 2 to recommend an amendment to the city's smoking ordinance that would create a narrowly defined exemption for adult‑only cigar lounges.
Councilwoman Raleigh Booker and Councilwoman Chambers, who sponsored the amendment, told colleagues the change is intended as a narrowly drawn pathway for specialized cigar establishments, not a rollback of the city's smoke‑free protections. "This amendment is not about promoting smoking," Booker said, and she characterized the proposal as "about creating a narrow, very narrow, clearly defined…
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