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Beat the ban, light up indoors 

Despite the statewide ban leaving many tobacco users out in the cold, Smoker Friendly International has found a way to light up the indoors.

The Boulder-based tobacco retailer has added a smoking lounge -- complete with free wireless Internet access, flat-screen TVs, free coffee, and couches with room for about 12 people -- to its Thornton location at 120th Street and Colorado Boulevard, and it plans to retrofit other select stores.

"We want to provide a friendly environment for adult tobacco users to enjoy a smoke indoors," said Terry Gallagher Jr., president of Smoker Friendly. "Our lounge enables a fellowship between the customers that feels like that of a bar or coffee shop."

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