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CDC: Southeastern states lack comprehensive smoking bans

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Published June 23, 2016 5:17pm ET
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CDC: Southeastern states lack comprehensive smoking bans
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No state in the Southeastern U.S. fully bans smoking in all private worksites and eating venues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

States have rushed to pass smoking bans over the last 15 years, and now more than half have comprehensive smoking bans that prohibit the activity in workplaces, restaurants and bars. Now nearly 60 percent of Americans live in states with comprehensive smoke-free laws, up from fewer than 3 percent in 2000, according to the CDC.

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