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February 14, 2006
Second Hand Smoke Out
You know how I feel about cigarette smoke.
So two news stories today made me quite content. First, the UK has passed a country-wide ban on smoking in all pubs and clubs, including private clubs. Jolly good show, old chaps!
Better yet, here in the States, Virginia -- the very bastion of the tobacco industry here in America -- saw a measure passed today by its Senate that would ban smoking in virtually all indoor public places. Even if Virginia Governor Tim Kaine won't show a spine and sign the legislation (assuming it passes the VA House, which isn't likely), the fact that it passed the Senate just down the road from Phillip Morris headquarters is another sign that Big Tobacco's death grip on all of us is slipping.
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