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Smoking ban passes 1st vote in Cayce  

Jump to full article: Columbia (SC) State, 2010-01-06
Author: CLIF LeBLANC

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It was a hair-thin preliminary vote on a smoking ban in Cayce, but City Council on Tuesday gave a highly qualified OK.

The deciding vote by Councilman Kenneth Jumper came with conditions he demanded but did not explain.

"This has to be redone," council's senior member said after suggesting the whole proposal be delayed a month. Council pressed ahead and the proposed law passed 3-2. . . .

If Cayce adopts a ban on a second and final vote, it would become the third municipality in Lexington County to prohibit smoking in workplaces.

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