Three D.C. anti-smoking bills to get committee review

Publication Date: 2005-06-12

• Author:MICHAEL NEIBAUER
• Publication:Washington Examiner

The town hall meeting on a comprehensive workplace smoking ban drew fewer undecided residents than a presidential debate.

But there was at least one - the most important undecided in the house. And after listening to several hours of debate from his seat to the right of the Lincoln Theater stage, Council Member Jim Graham Thursday was undecided no longer.

"I will be supporting smoke-free initiatives for workplaces," Graham, D-Ward 1, wrote on his Web site Friday. "I do so for one basic reason: Secondhand smoke makes many people sick and some people die. This is first and foremost a health issue."