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Washoe health care facilities to go smoke-free  

Officials of Northern Nevada's three major health care providers Thursday announced they will make their facilities smoke and tobacco free, eliminating designated smoking areas.

Renown Regional, Northern Nevada and Saint Mary's Regional medical centers each will set their own schedule to erase smoking, the largest cause of poor health nationally.

"As health care providers, we have to balance teaching patients not to smoke, as well as set an example for them by helping make our campuses tobacco free," said Mark Crawford, CEO of NNMC.

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