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Smoking Ban Passes in Springfield

Updated: January 7, 2009
Tuesday night the Springfield city council approved a total smoking ban. Restaurants and bars will go smoke-free this year. The mayor removed a provision in his ordinance to allow smoking at places that have air-filtration systems after growing criti

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