TOPEKA — A new study of air quality at Kansas bars and restaurants showed a 94 percent decrease in indoor air pollution since Kansas restricted public smoking last year, an anti-smoking group said. The Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition did the study and the group’s Mary Jayne Hellebust said indoor air quality was sampled in bars and restaurants in six Kansas cities before and after the smoking ban July 1. She said the study shows the law is having a positive health impact. A bill pushed by some conservative Republican legislators — one that won’t likely advance — seeks to scale back the smoking ban by allowing smoking in those bars and night clubs that sell Kansas lottery tickets and has drawn the ire of anti-smoking and health groups.
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