Article: Minnesota Restaurants Face Tougher Smoking Rules.

Byline: Tom Majeski

Apr. 5--The Minnesota Health Department did not go far enough in some of its proposals for tightening the state's 1975 Clean Indoor Air Act, Administrative Law Judge George Beck said in a ruling released Thursday.

Beck said existing restaurants should not be exempt from the new rules before they are sold, that more than 30 percent of restaurant seating should be reserved for nonsmokers and that signs should be modified to reflect the fact that no-smoking sections are not truly smoke-free.

"We're pleased the administrative law judge recognized that there is no rationale for exempting existing restaurants from the proposed ...

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