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Minnesotans act up to skirt smoking ban 

Last fall's smoking ban in Minnesota taverns has caused a double-digit percentage drop in bar sales so far, according to a report last week on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.

But suburban Minneapolis bars, including the Rock Nightclub in Maplewood, are trying to skirt the ban. . . .

Still, their clever effort might draw notice from Montana tavern owners.

The part of Montana's Clean Indoor Air Act that will make smoking illegal in this state's bars and casinos goes into effect in less than 19 months, on Oct. 1, 2009.

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