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Broader smoking limits now in effect in Omaha 

With a judge's order Tuesday, Omaha's tougher restrictions on indoor smoking in public places went immediately into effect.

But never fear, smokers: Police won't be aiming any squirt guns at your cigarettes just yet.

Nor will officers cite renegade smokers until it's clear that all restaurants, bars and workplaces have figured out, or should have figured out, that the ban is in effect.

That grace period won't last long, however, an Omaha police spokeswoman said.

Once news spreads, Lt. Darci Tierney said, police will enforce the law at the previously excluded businesses -- mostly bars and restaurants that offered keno

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