Senate Defeats Smoking Ban
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| Brandi Powell |
| 2/8/2007 |
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| You can`t smoke in most public buildings in the state. An effort to make all buildings smoke-free if they offer access to the public has failed. Bismarck Senator Ralph Kilzer sponsored the bill, and he says smoking is the nation`s top health hazard. But today the state Senate defeated a bill to ban smoking in bars and truck stops, 30-15. Opponents of the smoking ban said it`s a person`s choice whether or not to go into a bar. Supporters say it`s a reasonable intrusion into private business. "I think this situation clearly a public health issue involved here that warrants that kind of common sense and reasonable intrusion," says Senator Thomas Fiebiger of Fargo. "And for that reason I am in support of this bill. I think that our North Dakota workers should not have to choose between their job and their health." Jamestown Senator Dave Nething says many people work in bars by choice, and they don`t want the Legislature to take away smoking. |
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