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Roswell wants to ban smoking in city parks 

Those who want to smoke in Roswell city parks may be limited to enjoying their tobacco in "designated areas," their personal cars.

But under the most recent version of a proposed city ordinance, smokers can have their windows open, a big change for the original proposal that required smokers to close the windows of their cars while puffing.

The city council removed that part from the suggested ordinance, saying it went too far, according to Morgan Rodgers, assistant director of the Roswell Recreation and Parks Department, who was on the committee that drafted the new rule.

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