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Article: Pierce County, Wash., Smoking Ban Back in Court.

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January 22, 2004
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By Kyung M. Song, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 22--Smoking scofflaws in Pierce County may soon receive fines instead of mere warnings if a judge rules today in favor of the county health department's 3-week-old ban on smoking in public places.

Pierce County Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper is scheduled to preside over Round 2 in the legal challenge brought by a group of businesses opposed to the ban. The group, Entertainment Industry Coalition, failed to win a temporary restraining order two weeks ago to immediately block the new regulation. Culpepper today will hear the group's petition for a preliminary ...

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