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EDITORIAL: Communitywide smoking ban would benefit region 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS in Lexington and Richland counties should ban smoking in both bars and restaurants.

Columbia and Richland County need to follow through on recent discussions of such a ban. And to make the initiative fully effective, other Midlands governments should join in as well.

Local governments should seize this opportunity to strike a blow for the health of the entire Midlands, but especially those who work in these businesses.

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