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Post-Crescent photo by Dan Powers About the issue Appleton residents will go to the polls April 4 to decide whether to relax the city's all-out ban on workplace smoking.

A year ago, voters approved the ban, which took effect July 1, prohibiting people from lighting up in all workplaces, including bars and restaurants, along with other indoor public locations, such as Laundromats and hallways of apartment complexes.

Opponents of the ban succeeded in forcing the second referendum, which would automatically exempt bars and related businesses and give the council the authority to exempt any other business or organization.

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