Atlanta Bans Smoking, Other Southern States Following Suit

Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- This week Atlanta becomes the biggest city in the South to ban smoking in public parks, just like New York City’s ban last year, according to the New York Times.

Although the South has the biggest number of smokers in the nation, other states like Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana and Florida have banned smoking in bars and restaurants.

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