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Where there’s smoke, there’s dispute 

The effort to create a law banning smoking in workplaces in Michigan is continuing in Lansing, but differences of opinion over how restrictive such a law should be are keeping it from happening.

On Tuesday, the House by a vote of 73 to 31 approved legislation that bans smoking in most workplaces with the exception of the three Detroit casinos and some specialty tobacco shops. Tribal casinos in the state would be exempt from any smoking ban legislation finally enacted because they are federally regulated.

Guy St. Germain, Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department health officer and administrator in Hancock, said the fact the House approved the legislation is good news.

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