Come January, you won't be able to smoke at any business within the city of St. Louis — except at the private Missouri Athletic Club, and on the floors of the city's casino, Lumiere Place. And it's that "except" that has local bar owners, and their advocates, angry.
A host of bars were given exemptions five years ago when the city's smoking ban first went into effect. Now they question why their exemptions are coming to an end, even as smoking will still be allowed for two politically connected businesses.…