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Outside Lincoln, smoking ban raises some concerns 

Katrinka Fullerton finished a cigarette after lunch at Leanne's Restaurant in Cortland on Wednesday, the day after Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law a statewide smoking ban that will go into effect in June 2009.

Fullerton, 41, said she didn't much care one way or another that smoking will be banned in bars, restaurants and most other work places. She'll still eat at Leanne's.

The three men sitting with her had different opinions.

"In the restaurants, it should have been (banned) years ago," said Fullerton's husband, Dean, 60. "But it should be left alone in bars."

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