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27 <br />Read together, Minn. Stat. § 144.417, subd. 4(a) and 4(b) clearly express the <br />legislature's intent to allow local jurisdictions to ban smoking in tobacco shops. While it <br />is trne that subd. 4(a) refers only to "more stringent measures," subd. 4(b) recognizes that <br />"more stringent measures" can include prohibition. Subd. 4(b) provides, `Except as <br />provided in sections .144.411 to 144.417, smoking is permitted outside of restaurants, <br />bars, and bingo halls unless limited or prohibited by restrictions adopted in accordance <br />with paragraph (a),"(Emphasis added). Thus, the legislature clearly intended the phrase <br />"more stringent measures" to include a smoking ban. <br />The regulation of the sale and use of tobacco products .has long been viewed by <br />Minnesota courts as a proper exercise of municipal level regulation. See State v. <br />Crabiree Co., 218 Minn. 36, 15 N.W.2d 98 (1944). By enacting Minn. Stat. § 144,4I7, <br />subd. 4, the Minnesota Legislature intended to allow municipalities such as St. Anthony <br />to enact complete bans on activities otherwise allowed as exceptions to the Indoor Clean <br />Air Act. <br />N <br />