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Possible Statewide Smoking Ban Could Affect Local Law

By Elizabeth Christensen

Albany, NY – The state legislature will likely consider strengthening the state's indoor air laws this session. Bills addressing a ban on smoking in public will likely be presented in the next few weeks.

WRVO's Elizabeth Christensen reports that a state law would void any county-level law already on the books.

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