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• Efforts to ban smoking shift to outdoor sites 

some county officials in Ulster and Dutchess hope to join a growing number of municipalities to snuff out smoking in outdoor areas as well.

The Ulster County Legislature last week set a public hearing for 6 p.m. Aug. 6 on a proposed local law that would ban smoking on all county-owned or county-controlled property.

Members of the Dutchess County Legislature's Public Works Committee, meanwhile, are expected on Monday to discuss a proposal to ban the use of tobacco in county parks.

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