Our editorial today remarks on the inevitability (though not necessarily the desirability) of a statewide public smoking ban, because of rather than in spite of the 36 counties or communities that already have smoke-free ordinances of some kind:
But the ironic truth is that the more local smoking ordinances there are, the more likely there will eventually be a statewide ban.
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The increase in local bans makes people more familiar with the concept and lessens opposition.
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Local control” is still the best operating principle
