Last night, Abbeville adopted a “Smoke-Free Air” ordinance which bands cigarette smoke from places like city parks, government buildings, vehicles, and even forbids smoking inside private businesses.

Bars and Bingo halls are exempt from this ordinance.

Grammy award winner Chubby Carrier told KATC -

“My father, he passed away from lung cancer. He was just trying to make music and just trying to do what he loved to do best. But he died from it, and now we have a chance to prevent all that,”

The “Smoke-free Air” ordinance goes into effect January 1st.

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