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Posted on Wed, Sep. 15, 2004 Modified smoking ban wins approval Rules on restaurants will begin March 31 BY TIM NELSON and DAVID HAWLEY Pioneer Press Ramsey County restaurants will go smoke-free next spring, after commissioners' unanimous vote Tuesday to ban smoking in establishments that do most of their business in food sales. "I'd rather see the glass half full than half empty," said sponsor Rafael Ortega of St. Paul. He had pushed for a total ban and even called for St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly to sign such a ban for the city. "While there is still debate in other places, we are moving ahead," Ortega said. The ban will cover nearly 1,400 licensed establishments in the county, including St. Paul, where Kelly vetoed a more stringent ban Monday. Establishments that do more than half of their business as liquor sales will soon be able to seek exemptions from the ban from the Ramsey County Department of Public Health. In Olmsted County, the other county in Minnesota that has enacted such a ban, about 10 percent of establishments still permit smoking. In a statement, Kelly praised the board's action as "a sound, workable and reasonable solution" and said the ban, which will take effect March 31, would eliminate "almost 90 percent