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Olmsted board vows to enforce smoking ban at fair 

Olmsted County commissioners are not flinching at plans to publicize and enforce a smoking ban at the Olmsted County Fair in Rochester.

This is the first year in which the entire fairgrounds will be off-limits to smoking. The county's Smoke-free Workplace ordinance took effect on Oct. 1 last year, after last year's fair.

The local law prohibits smoking in parks and other recreation areas when they're being used by children.

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