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Councilman proposes changes to smoking ban  

Smoking could be prohibited in bingo halls and all workplaces, not just ones the public has access to, if a proposal to revise Lexington's 4-year-old smoke-free law is approved.

Urban County Councilman David Stevens plans to introduce on Tuesday a smoking ban revision that would close loopholes that exempt some workplaces and private organizations and would tighten the exemption for retail tobacco stores.

The goal of the changes is "to correct evasions in the law and to extend it to workplaces to protect more people," Stevens said.

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