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Smoking Banned in Ontario Casinos

TORONTO, Ontario – As reported by the Canadian Press: "Fears that restaurants, bars and casinos will lose smokers' business were dismissed in favour of health concerns Wednesday as Ontario passed what it boasts is the "most aggressive anti-tobacco legislation in North America."

"The provincial legislature voted 71 to 6 pass the Smoke-Free Ontario Act - a blanket ban on smoking in all indoor public and workplaces, that will take effect across the province starting in June 2006.

"The bill gives Ontario retailers until June 2008 to get rid of so-called power walls that display cigarettes and remove them from the sight of minors…"

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