Adding more carcinogenic smoke to indoor spaces with cigar bars makes no sense

By: Sara Alhasnawi

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 530

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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South Dakota voters have already made their position clear: They want smoke-free public spaces.

Lawmakers, however, seem to think they know better. They are attempting to significantly weaken that law via House Bill 1215, which has passed both chambers of the Legislature and awaits consideration by the governor.

HB 1215 would allow local municipalities to grant licenses to bars to allow cigar smoking, an erosion of the voter-approved comprehensive smoke-free law.

That law was …

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