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ND voters ban smoking in bars, indoor workplaces
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ North Dakota voters have agreed to expand

the state's smoking ban to cover bars and other public places.

The state has had a limited smoking ban for seven years. The law

approved Tuesday expands the ban to bars, motels, private nursing

homes, cabs and public transportation. It also prohibits smoking

within 20 feet of an entrance to a public building.

Violations can carry a $50 fine. Bars that allow smoking in

spite of the ban could be stripped of their licenses to sell

tobacco and liquor.

Several North Dakota cities have already banned smoking in bars,

including Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks.

Twenty-nine states already have comprehensive workplace smoking

bans, including Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana.