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Durango to Consider Smoking Ban

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin

Story Created: Nov 11, 2012 at 11:53 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 12, 2012 at 7:25 AM MDT

DURANGO, Colo.- The Durango City Council is set to consider a smoking ban in public outdoor spaces including bus stops, playgrounds and the Animas River Trail.

The Durango Herald reports the City Council is scheduled to adopt the ordinance Nov. 20. The law could go into effect as soon as Dec. 5.

Smokers would be fined up to $300 for multiple offenses. Proceeds would go to anti-tobacco and smoking-cessation efforts.

The proposal originally would have extended the ban to restaurant and bar patios, but that idea was dropped after smokers and business owners protested.

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