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• States' tobacco exemptions vary 

Almost half the states now have comprehensive smoking bans on the books, but no neighboring states have restrictions quite as stringent as what's being proposed in South Dakota.

"We've all seen the studies that show the danger of secondhand smoke. People who don't smoke are involuntarily subjected to it," said Sen. Stan Adelstein, R-Rapid City, a co-sponsor of the bill. "That's the reason for the total removal of exceptions."

Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia, including Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana, have passed comprehensive smoking laws, according to the American Lung Association.

Exceptions in those states include hotel rooms, tobacco product shops, scientific studies and traditional Native American ceremonies.

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