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MDH Asks Court To Stop Bar's 'Theater Nights'

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May 2, 2008 6:18 am US/Central

MDH Asks Court To Stop Bar's 'Theater Nights'

ST. PAUL (AP) ― The state Health Department said a South St. Paul bar is violating the state's smoking ban and wants Dakota County to make it stop.

The agency said Buggs Place is holding bogus "theater nights" to get around the ban, which has an exception for theatrical productions.

Several bars have staged mock plays in which patrons and employees are deemed actors so they can smoke, but the Health Department ruled in March that the theater exemption was being abused. They agency sent out 17,000 notices detailing its position.

On April 11, the Health Department asked a court for an injunction against the Bullseye Saloon in Elko.

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