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Council decides against allowing split-air systems
Jump to full article: Columbia (SC) State, 2009-09-02
Author: DAWN HINSHAW
Intro: Public health advocates turned back an attempt to make an exception to Richland County's smoking ban Tuesday.
"Smoke-free's the new norm," Ian Hamilton, with the S.C. Cancer Alliance, said later.
The Richland County Council undermined Councilman Jim Manning's effort to protect a bingo parlor in his district that invested $300,000 in separate heating and air systems and divided the business in two before the county went smoke-free last year.
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