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Is Burlington's Church Street Smoking Ban Unfair?

Vermont Public | By Annie Russell,
Taylor Dobbs
Published January 23, 2015 at 4:07 PM EST

Smoking is banned on Church Street in Burlington. It's a win for public health and many in Burlington who advocated for the ban, but (a minority of) city councilors and some Burlingtonians say it has some negative side effects.
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Annie Russell
Annie Russell was VPR's Deputy News Director. She came to VPR from NPR's Weekends on All Things Considered and WNYC's On The Media. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.
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Taylor Dobbs
Taylor was VPR's digital reporter from 2013 until 2017. After growing up in Vermont, he graduated with at BA in Journalism from Northeastern University in 2013.
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