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• Council OKs Dallas smoking ordinance 

Ban to take effect March 1
Jump to full article: Dallas Morning News, 2003-01-22
Author: From Staff and Wire Reports

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Dallas City Council voted 10-3 Wednesday afternoon to ban smoking in restaurants and many other public places.

Restaurant owners told the council that the ban would drive business to nearby suburbs, but council members were not swayed.

Mayor Laura Miller, who pushed hard for the ban, said opponents were unable to produce any credible studies showing restaurant business will suffer.

"The scientific evidence is all on the side of the bans," she said. "Studies show over and over there is no economic harm."

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