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Poll: 69% back smoking ban 

More Wisconsin residents favor laws to prohibit smoking in bars, restaurants and other workplaces, according to a new poll.

Sixty-nine percent of Wisconsinites responding said they favored statewide smoke-free laws, including bans in bars and restaurants. That's an increase of five percentage points since the poll last had been conducted in March 2007. Moreover, 78 percent of respondents, including 70 percent who oppose such legislation, believe it could pass soon.

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