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February 7, 2008

Smoking ban goes down in flames

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

Posted by Sam @ 7:56 pm |

5 Comments.

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.

Cathleen @ February 7th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Way to go Virginia. Pathetic. Nothing tastes better with my dinner than a little tobacco. MmmMmm good. Our lawmakers suck.

Rich @ February 8th, 2008 at 10:02 am
[...] A commenter at WOTBN notes that the House merely killed the House versions of the bills: The RTD isn’t quite right. The [...]

J’s Notes » The Free Market Wins! @ February 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
And was Tyler Whitley’s “anti-government stance” editorial really necessary?

Jason @ February 8th, 2008 at 1:25 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.

Sean @ February 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm