Starting Dec. 1, a new Virginia law bans most smoking in restaurants.
It's a major shift for a state where tobacco has been king since Jamestown was settled 400 years ago. About 70 percent of Virginia restaurants have already banned smoking on their own.
Virginia's neighbor and the nation's top tobacco producer, North Carolina, passed an even stricter restaurant smoking ban this year. It takes effect Jan. 2. North Carolina's law will outlaw smoking in restaurants. Both states will allow smoking in outdoor patios.
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