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County businesses have 90 days to comply or face increasing fines
Jump to full article: The Spokesman-Review, 1999-05-21
Author: Dan Hansen - The Spokesman-Review
Intro: With two members absent, the Spokane Regional Health District on Thursday voted unanimously for a countywide ban on nearly all outdoor advertising for tobacco products, starting in 90 days.
Stores that want to advertise Camel, Skoal, Copenhagen, Marlboro and other brands of tobacco products will be limited to black-and-white signs that list only the brand and the price. At stores within 1,000 feet of schools, parks or playgrounds, even those bland ``tombstone'' ads are prohibited.
The regulations, intended to curb youth smoking, are nearly identical to those passed in recent years in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties.
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