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News Summary
New Smoking Bill Planned
Publication Date: 2008-02-11
- Author:Roger Mari
- Publication:KHNL-TV Channel 8 (Honolulu, HI)
It's been more than a year since Hawaii outlawed smoking in bars and restaurants.
But this year, some lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill that would make exceptions.
It will allow bar owners to pay a fee of one to three thousand dollars for a license allowing smoking.
The beauty of this bill is that those fees every year will go toward a public awareness campaign to increase organ donations in Hawaii.
