St. Louis County, USA: Areas with most smoking-related illness have most exemptions to smoking ban

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http://www.stlbeacon.org/health-science/health/115670-areas-with-most-smoking-related-illness-have-most-exemptions

Areas with most smoking-related illness have most exemptions to smoking ban
By Robert Joiner, Beacon health reporter
Posted 10:23 am Fri., 1.27.12

Many establishments that are exempted from St. Louis County's public-smoking ban are in areas with the highest incidences of smoking-related illnesses, according to an analysis by Tobacco-Free St. Louis. It also argues that the exemptions could undo the health benefits of the Clean Air Act and that they are unfair to the majority of county establishments that have banned smoking....