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• Challenge to Gulf Shores smoking ban rejected by Alabama appeals court  

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2009-08-07

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A state appeals court has rejected a challenge to Gulf Shores' ban on smoking in enclosed public places.

Jennifer Leigh Gann had been convicted of violating the ban by smoking in a bar where she worked in the beach town. She was fined $50.

Gann argued that the law was not intended to protect public health, but to allow the City of Gulf Shores to bully citizens.

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