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It’s official. Both the Colorado House and Senate have passed the state-wide no smoking ban. Gov. Owens likely will sign it into law.

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The measure would outlaw smoking in most public places, except casinos, cigar bars, and the smoking lounge at Denver International Airport.
I’m against the ban.
I feel for the small bar owners , who unlike the corporate casinos owners did not get an exemption. I feel for those who enjoy lighting up in a bar. And I fear for the rest of us, who have just given the Government another license to tell us what is in our best interest when it comes to our own bodies.
