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Smoking Ban a No-Go in Lowndes  

Bar and restaurant owners, not local governments, should decide whether smoking bans should be imposed, a Lowndes County group said today.

That means the Columbus City Council and the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors likely won't adopt a smoking ban like the one approved in the last two years by several North Mississippi towns, including Starkville, Tupelo, Pontotoc, Amory, Aberdeen, Oxford, Mantachie and Ecru.

"If business owners think it will help their business, then they should have the backbone to make their business non-smoking," District 1 Supervisor Harry Sanders said during the meting of the Columbus-Lowndes Intergovernmental Committee.

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