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• 'Smokin' ain't allowed in school' 

The U.S. Congress enacted the concept that school children have always known -even if they did not always obey it - into law in 1994.

The federal legislation bans smoking within any indoor facility used to educate children that receives federal funds.

So why is it still a problem? This is the question resident Chris Carroll is asking and demands to have answered.

He has vowed to fight against the unhealthy conditions students are forced to endure every day at Foran High School until the atmosphere changes.

Carroll, who recently lost his teenage daughter, Kylene, to a sudden respiratory illness, has been fighting the battle against smoking in the public schools since 1998.

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