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Houston smokers, it looks like you'll have a new favorite hangout when the city's smoking ban takes effect in September: Last night, the Bellaire City Council voted down a similar ban in their city.

A City Council committee will hear testimony this afternoon about the effects of secondhand smoke, the first of two hearings planned to help officials decide whether to extend the city's smoking ordinance to possibly ban smoking in bars as well as restaurants. And there's a new twist to the discussion: Apparently tired of the idea that people can smoke in bars, but not in restaurants, the Greater Houston Restaurant Association came out in favor of a total ban yesterday.