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Statehouse News Bureau: Smoking Ban to Affect Truckers

Some truckers are upset over a new law that Ohio voters okayed at the polls on election day. The law bans smoking in public places, including work places, and some state health officials are interpreting that to include the cabs of those big semis that are constantly crisscrossing Ohio. The trucker's association says that's a problem because 30 to 40% of professional truck drivers smoke. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has the story.