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EDITORIAL: Minnesota should breathe life into smoking ban
Publication Date: 2005-03-31
- Author:Editorial
- Publication:Saint Paul (MN) Pioneer Press
Why? A statewide smoking ban in bars and restaurants makes far more sense than the patchwork quilt of ordinances now popping up. While it's laudable that many communities scattered across Minnesota are taking action to prevent a toxic substance from doing harm, the Legislature should step up and make the restrictions uniform statewide.