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State should snuff out second-hand smoke

Publication Date: 2007-04-09
  • Author:Myra Crownover
  • Publication:The Houston Business Journal

Numerous state laws set standards to protect the health and safety of Texans while on the job.

Yet there's a serious gap in workplace safety laws in our state. Every day Texas men, women and even teenagers have to make a living in places where the air is swirling with dangerous, even deadly, chemicals -- second-hand smoke.

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