ST. LOUIS — When the city approved anti-smoking legislation last week, sponsor Alderman Lyda Krewson predicted it would trigger activists in the city to campaign for next week’s all-important vote in the county.

She’s right — and future doctors are leading the…

ST. LOUIS — Alderman Lyda Krewson asked that her smoking ban proposal be tabled as a key colleague copes with a death in the family.

The bill passed out of the Health Committee earlier this month and was eligible for consideration by…

Conway, left, and Krewson

ST. LOUIS — Alderman Stephen Conway has never been one to keep his thoughts from colleagues and the public.

Often, that means he’ll hold a meandering soliloquy on the issue of the day. But, sometimes, his effusiveness elicits the…

ST. LOUIS — A City Hall panel approved a smoking ban proposal, but it could be years before some establishments have to follow the revamped measure — if at all.

After a lengthy debate on Wednesday, the Board of Aldermen’s Health…

UPDATED: St. Louis Alderman Greg Carter, chairman of the committee hearing testimony on a proposed smoking ban for most public places in the city, will hold a third hearing next week. It is set for 1 p.m. July 9 at City…

Two days of hearings begin at noon today on whether to ban smoking in the city of St. Louis. Alderman Lyda Krewson, who represents much of the Central West End, has crafted a bill that looks to have enough votes…

Krewson

The fight to ban smoking in restaurants appears to be crossing the city line from Clayton to St. Louis.

Word is that Central West End Alderman Lyda Krewson — who probably represents more restaurants than anyone else at City Hall — is…