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Top state lawmakers: Smoking ban certain to pass in some form
Publication Date: 2005-03-21
- Author:Kristen Wyatt
- Publication:Macon Telegraph
Monday, after a House committee scheduled the vote, top-ranking lawmakers from both parties said they believed a smoking ban was certain to pass in some form.
"We'll pass a fairly strong smoking ban," said Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, chairman of the committee that scheduled the vote. "Health is the first issue."