West Virginia Universitys student-operated radio station, U92 -FM, will be examining a possible smoking ban in Monongalia County during itsFeedbackprogram airing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19.

The show will feature a discussion how public smoking affects the health of Monongalia County residents as well as how a smoking ban would impact local businesses.

In recent months, the issue of bans on public smoking has been raised all across the country and now that issue has reached Monongalia County,said Jafar Amjad, U92 promotions director.Laws banning public smoking have been passed in many counties around the region recently, and now Monongalia is considering implementing a similar law. It would ban smoking in all non-restaurant areas, including some favorite student bars, clubs and pubs.

Featured guests and interviews will include local advocate organizations such as the Smoke Free Initiative representative Renee Hicks. In addition, local business and residents will be asked to comment on such a proposal.

Listeners are encouraged to participate in the discussion by dialing the station at 304-293-NEWS or 304-293-6397 and voice their feedback. The show can also be downloaded as an MP3 podcast from http://itunes.wvu.edu with no fee.

U92 -FM offers a variety of news and sports programming. To listen online, go tohttp://u92.wvu.edu.