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Kanawha-Charleston Health Department Sanatarians made several visits to the bar throughout the night.
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CHARLESTON -- One year later -- and still going strong -- allowing smokers to light up inside the Blackhawk Saloon.
Wednesday, the Blackhawk Saloon held it's second annual smoker's night inside the bar.
The establishment has been allowing smoking inside since the county wide clean indoor air regualtion went into effect last year.
Owner Kerry Ellison says taking away smoking means taking away his business.
"I'm in the beer selling business," he said. "If you come in and you want to smoke a cigarette while you drink your beer and I tell you you can't smoke your cigarette and you go elsewhere and buy your beer, now that effects me."
Health officials did stop out to the bar *several* times throughout the night, and slapped Ellison with more citations.
He still has another pending in court.
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