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I'm glad for this--perhaps it will pave the way for Oregon to pass even more restrictive public smoking laws. As it stands, several cities have ordinances on the books banning smoking in restaurants and bars, but statewide the only public smoking restriction applies to smoking in the workplace. Several restaurants HAVE interpreted this as meaning no smoking in restaurants and already done away with their smoking sections, but it's still a pain in the butt to go into a bar outside of town and inhale someone else's smoke.
Currently Washington State has extremely strict public smoking laws (no smoking within 25 feet of an entrance to a public building/air intake/window, and the definition of public building is very broad). I only hope that Oregon moves in that direction, and soon.
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