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Mobile hotels and restaurants impose indoor smoking restrictions, hope citywide ban follows 

A nonsmoking revolution is under way in downtown Mobile, led by new upscale hotels and restaurants that are trying to attract customers who don't want to go home smelling like an ashtray.

Health officials said they're hoping the trend adds momentum to efforts to pass a citywide ban on smoking in public places.

The bars and restaurants at the Battle House Hotel and the Riverview Renaissance Hotel don't allow cigarettes, although the Riverview is about to open an outdoor bar where smoking will be allowed.

Other late night hotspots, such as Bacchus, Hopjacks and the Royal Scam, also require customers and employees to step outside if they want to take a drag.

"There's a change taking place,"

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