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Group wants smoking ban changes 

Proposed policy would have no exemption for taverns
Jump to full article: Kokomo (IN) Tribune, 2009-11-12
Author: Ken de la Bastide Tribune enterprise editor

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The Indiana Public Health Association wants the smoking ban in Kokomo strengthened and extended to all of Howard County.

Michelle Lindley with the Indiana Public Health Association and Shirley DuBois with Smoke Free Kokomo asked members of the Howard County Board of Health Monday to support the effort.

Kokomo banned smoking in public buildings in 2006, but the ordinance -- approved by the Kokomo Common Council -- included exemptions for taverns and restaurants that cater to those over the age of 21.

Lindley said three studies published since 2006 by the Surgeon General, Institute of Medicine and the World Health Organization outlined the dangers of second-hand smoke.

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