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Anti-smoking campaign will push for ban in Boise bars 

A coalition of health-minded groups tonight will kick off an effort to ban smoking at all Boise bars.

By summer, Smokefree Boise hopes to ask the Boise City Council to pass an ordinance banning smoking at bars within the city, said Katie Whittier, community organizer for the Coalition for a Healthy Idaho, fighting tobacco use in Idaho.

"Bars are the last workplace where workers are exposed to smoke during their shifts," Whittier said.

Research shows exposure to second-hand smoke for one hour is the equivalent of smoking two cigarettes, she said.

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