Friday, November 15, 2024
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Tim Schmidt of Kalispell smokes a cigarette Wednesday in the Sykes' restaurant. Sykes' is one of many local businesses that will be forced by state law to become nonsmoking establishments on Saturday. "I think that businesses should be able to make their own decisions about whether or not people can smoke inside," Schmidt said. "I'm trying to smoke extra this week because I know that next week it's all over." According to his friend Gary Neagles of Kalispell, "It seems like they're just legislating morality. Why is it the government's job to tell us if we can or can't smoke?" Chris Jordan/Daily Inter Lake