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Akron-Canton Airport Goes Smoke Free 

The Airport Authority Board of Trustees voted to make Akron-Canton Airport a smoke free facility at their March meeting. The smoking ban goes into effect immediately. Smoking will still be permitted outside the terminal between doors four and five in the designated smoking area. Smoking will not be permitted at any other terminal entrance.

"Most airports throughout the US and many communities are becoming smoke free environments," said airport director Fred Krum. "Our customers told us that second-hand smoke from the bar (the only place in the terminal where smoking was permitted) was negatively affecting their travel experience.

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