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The Associated Press
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Published: Tue, May 13, 2008 - 10:56 am
places and many public settings in Alabama still has a chance of
becoming law as the Legislature prepares for the final day of its
2008 session.
House Speaker Seth Hammett of Andalusia says the smoking ban
will be one of the bills considered by the House on Monday, the
final day of the session.
If the ban becomes law, the American Cancer Society says Alabama
will join 26 other states that have some sort of smoke-free
statewide law.
Gov. Bob Riley says he will sign the bill if it passes the
Legislature. Riley says he quit smoking last summer.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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The goverment should not be allowed to trample on the rights of legal smokers by creating a smoking ban. If anti-smoking advocates just started boycotting places that allowed smoking, the business owners will either be hurt and go non-smoking, or they’ll just be saying good riddance, and running their business how they see fit. No politics necessary and both sides win!