SmokeFree

State of Ohio delays indoor smoking ban until specific rules and regulations go into effect. The decision to delay enforcement of smokefree legislation was made after settlement talks between the Ohio Attorney General's office and lawyers for two groups that had filed suits challenging the constitutionality of the Smoke Free Workplace Act that went into effect shortly after midnight.

The Ohio Department of Health has six months to write rules, but expects to do so sooner.

"We've been on a fast track from the beginning, so I don't see that changing," said Health Department spokesman Jay Carey. "We going to make sure we've got rules that are fair to everyone. As soon as the rules are implemented, enforcement will be."

This was originally reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer