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VIDEO: Smoking Controversy Continues in Great Falls 

Last night, the Tavern Association was lobbying commissioners to change the City Ordinance banning smoking within 20 feet of a building.

While some local bars and restaurants say they're hurting from the city ordinance, City Attorney Chad Parker thinks health trumps those concerns.

“The intent and purpose of this is to protect the publics right to not breathe smoke filled air. And so what do you do with that? Is there a right to smoke - no. There's no recognized right to smoke. There's a desire to smoke - we understand that. We also understand there's an addiction,” Parker said.

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