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Rally backs smoking ban bill
Publication Date: 2007-02-20
- Author:LIAM FARRELL
- Publication:The (Annapolis, MD) Capital
Supporters optimistic it's only a matter of time
Ms. Brown was one of about a hundred people who talked to lawmakers and rallied at Lawyers' Mall in front of the State House last night for a statewide smoking ban in bars and restaurants.
The rally was organized by the Smoke Free Maryland Coalition and other organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.
"It's a personal thing (for me)," Ms. Brown said. "(Lawmakers) need to know there are more and more Marylanders who oppose smoking."
The Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 would ban smoking from indoor areas open to the public, including restaurants and bars.