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Jump to full article: KTIV TV Channel 4 (Sioux City, IA), 2008-05-06
Intro: The smoking ban passed by the Iowa legislature this year prohibits smoking in bars and restaurants in the Hawkeye State with one exception... casinos.
Now, Sioux City council member Brent Hoffman wants the city to take that ban a step further by extending it to Argosy Casino.
City attorney Andrew Mai calls the idea "groundbreaking" and believes the measure would hold up in court.
But, a spokesperson for the casino says no government - be it state, city, or otherwise - should be allowed to mandate how a business should run.
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