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New bill would let local governments ban smoking 

Fed up with the bottleneck on a smoking ban in all places that serve food in Michigan, Rudyard Democratic Rep. Gary McDowell has introduced legislation which would allow local government ban smoking.

The new legislation, the Associated Press reports, will amend current law to allow local jurisdictions to pass their own ban. Right now only the state of Michigan has the power to regulate smoking in places that serve food.

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