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City Council bans smoking in front of library. Are city parks next?

The ban "makes it more pleasant for a lot of people using the library," Mayor Kitty Piercy said, "and certainly healthier." Piercy said she would eventually like to take the ban a step further and outlaw smoking in public parks.

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