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Md. House of Delegates passes smoking ban by 98-40 vote

Publication Date: 2007-03-24
  • Author:Jennifer Skalka
  • Publication:Baltimore (MD) Sun

State Senate will vote on similar legislation Monday; both bills would go into effect in 2008

The Maryland House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved a proposal to ban smoking in most indoor public establishments today, with supporters applauding vigorously after passage for a measure they said marks a step toward mitigating the health consequences of second-hand smoke.

The final vote was 98-40.

"Public health has to take precedence over profit," said Del. Dereck Davis, a Prince George's County Democrat.

Detractors knocked the bill for hitting small businesses and veterans, who gather at American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs across the state.

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