Elva Yanez, associate director, said there were 815 such ordinances as of late May, with Marquette being the only Michigan city on the list. The trend has its critics. Bars are not included in the Marquette ordinance, after much opposition from that industry. Some bar owners said privately they are still concerned. Marquette's ordinance also permits smoking in tobacco shops and private homes.
Some smokers are also concerned.
He views the law as something similar to a dictatorship, in which people's basic rights are taken away. A little at a time. The tobacco industry has followed the movement. Brendan McCormick, spokesman for Phillip Morris U.S.A., said the company believes smokers and nonsmokers can share public places. What's pushing the community action is mounting research in the past 10 to 15 years on the dangers of secondhand smoke.