Officials in Prestonsburg are working on an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public buildings, but some are worried that would hurt the city.

Members of the "Breathe Easy, Floyd County" coalition flooded Monday night's city council meeting to voice their concerns about smoking in public buildings, calling it a matter of "life and breath".

They say clean air is all they are hoping for. Jean Rosenberg with Breathe Easy, Floyd County says, "This is a public health issue for the work place. We expect clean water, and we expect clean air."

"I don't think it's fair for people who don't choose to harm their bodies," says 14 year old Nicholas Hites. He is one of the members of the coalition that addressed the Prestonsburg city council about the dangers of second hand smoke.

"To help, not to persuade, the facts to the city council members that there are harmful effects to smoking. Not only first hand, but second hand," says Hites.

Rosenberg says, "The science is very clear that there is no safe level of second hand smoke."

The council agreed to take the next step. They agreed on to write up an ordinance for a full ban on smoking in all public buildings in Prestonsburg, but some people fear it could affect their business.

"I think that it's a bad thing for Reno's just because about 70% of our customers smoke, and if we ban smoking then they won't stay as long," says Jenifer Vance, a bartender at Reno's in Prestonsburg.

Other restaurant managers say going smoke free was the best thing they did at their restaurant. "It's really a plus to see a lot more kids coming in, a lot more families coming in because we are smoke free," says manager of the local Dairy Queen, Johnny McKinney.

Prestonsburg's ordinance would follow other smoking bans in Pikeville and Paintsville. The ordinance will have its first reading at the next city council meeting and it could get final approval by the end of July.