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Governor Owens signs smoking ban, effective July 1

...In Colorado, costs attributable to secondhand smoke are estimated to be $180 million annually for direct medical expenses and $19 million for loss of life.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Colorado.

According to the Health Department, more people die from smoking each year than from alcohol and drug abuse, AIDS, homicide, suicide, car accidents and fires combined.

Approximately 130,000 smokers develop smoking-related illnesses annually in the state and the yearly health care costs directly attributable to tobacco exceed $1 billion, or $259 per capita.

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