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Tangipahoa OKs smoking ordinance  

Jump to full article: Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate, 2009-08-12
Author: JACQUELINE COCHRAN * Special to The Advocate

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AMITE -- The Tangipahoa Parish Council voted to approve ordinances regulating tobacco smoking at parish-owned facilities and establishing a deadline for cleaning up after yard sales.

The ordinances, passed Monday, go into effect next month.

The smoking ordinance approved on a 7-1 vote prohibits smoking within parish-owned vehicles, at parish parks and outside all parish-owned facilities, including grounds surrounding those properties.

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