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Senate Committee puts off on smoking ban vote
Publication Date: 2007-09-20
- Publication:Hudson Star Observer, WI
A Senate committee delayed a vote Wednesday on a proposed statewide smoking ban in all workplaces.
Maureen Busalacchi of Smoke-Free Wisconsin blames the stalled state budget for the hold-up.
The Senate's Public Health Committee now says it will wait until mid-October to take up the proposed smoking ban.
Busalacchi remains confident it will pass and she doesn’t think the current support will erode in a month's time.
She says the Legislature can only handle one hot-button issue at a time and for now, it's the budget.
But in the meantime, Busalacchi says Wisconsin is becoming what she calls "the ashtray of the Midwest."