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State Supreme Court strikes down tobacco ban for Ellwood City police 

In a decision written by an Ellwood City native, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the borough’s total ban on police officers using tobacco products while on duty.

Supreme Court Justice Debra McCloskey Todd, who grew up in the borough and graduated from Lincoln High School, wrote the opinion for a unanimous court.

The decision overturned a 2006 ordinance banning the use of any tobacco products in any borough facilities, including police vehicles, and requires that the borough will have to negotiate any ban of smokeless tobacco products with the police union.

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