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Update: The smoking ban was rejected.

With Charleston County voting to ban smoking in the unincorporated areas of the county, it looks likely that the debate will heat up around a rekindled North Charleston smoking ban.

In 2008 the then council shot it down 6-4.

But now a draft ordinance is once again in the works, and five council member seats have changed hands.

The Charleston City Paper's Paul Bowers has tuned in to the debate and offers a profile of the mindsets invloved, noting that the persuasive Mayor Keith Summey still says a smoking ban is too much government involvement. 

Stay tuned, and if you have thoughts, write your local councilman.

Current area smoking bans