Smoking ban goes down in flames
Posted on | February 7, 2008 | 5 Comments
Looks like you’ll still be able to light up in banks, restaurants, and other public areas for at least one more year. The Virginia House defeated each of the 4 smoking ban bills, including the ones that gave communities the option to decide for themselves.
Source: RTD
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February 7th, 2008 @ 9:55 pm
The RTD isn’t quite right. The House killed the House bills tonight. The Senate bills (the ones that passed on Tuesday) have yet to be heard in the House. So, 9 of the 13 are gone for good, but 4 are still alive. I expect they’ll meet the same fate, but the RTD shouldn’t report them as dead quite yet.
February 8th, 2008 @ 10:02 am
Way to go Virginia. Pathetic. Nothing tastes better with my dinner than a little tobacco. MmmMmm good. Our lawmakers suck.
February 8th, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
[...] A commenter at WOTBN notes that the House merely killed the House versions of the bills: The RTD isn’t quite right. The [...]
February 8th, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
And was Tyler Whitley’s “anti-government stance” editorial really necessary?
February 9th, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
Gawd I would love to see a list of those who voted towards killing more virginians and employees as a result of this. Get them out of the legislature and focus on people who actually care about others health.