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• Health committee will seek second-hand smoking bills 

State Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-Southington), co-chair of the legislature's Public Health Committee, announced Tuesday that the committee would seek passage of two bills addressing the danger of second-hand smoke.

Murphy stood surrounded by more than fifteen legislators and state and local officials at the conference held at the Legislative Office Building.

The senator said that the first proposed bill would restore power to local municipalities to regulate smoking.

"A decade ago, the tobacco industry convinced the legislature to take away local authority to regulate smoking in public places, putting our children at risk from second-hand smoke," Murphy said. "This year, the legislature will right that wrong."

According to Murphy, the proposed legislation has 88 co-sponsors from both the House and the Senate.

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A decade ago, the tobacco industry convinced the legislature to take away local authority to regulate smoking in public places, putting our children at risk from second-hand smoke. . . This year, the legislature will right that wrong.
Connecticut State Sen. Christopher Murphy, co-chair of the legislature's Public Health Committee, announcing that the committee would seek passage of two smokefree bills, one of which would undo the state's preemption law.