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Just two clubs prosecuted over defying smoking ban 

JUST two clubs have been prosecuted for breaching the State Government's smoking bans, despite hundreds of breaches.

The small strike rate is in marked contrast to the police crackdown on infringements of the state's recently-toughened laws governing the service of alcohol in pubs and clubs.

NSW Health has said it prefers to warn venues that they have breached the bans rather than prosecute.

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