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Health board adopts smoking ban 

ounty governments, the Clark County Board of Health adopted a county-wide regulation Thursday to ban smoking in public places.

“I think we owe the community an apology for not doing it (approving the ban) sooner,” said Dr. Brian Andreas, chairman of the Board of Health. He said failing to enact a smoking ban would present a “poor picture” of Clark County’s view on health.

As presented Thursday, the regulation will ban smoking in “all enclosed public places within Clark County,” including businesses, restaurants, bars, galleries, libraries and museums.

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