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Tucson Time Capsule: Pima County's smoke-filled room  

1988 Tensions were apparently running a little high on the Pima County Board of Supervisors after it passed a partial smoking ban. Supervisor Iris Dew-hirst continued to smoke in meetings and in her office, which was permitted by the new law. David Yetman, an asthma sufferer, objected. For one meeting, Yetman sat outside the meeting room while the board met in closed session. Dewhirst complained that Yetman had recently shut the door to her office when he was bothered by the smoke coming out of it. Before a meeting on Feb. 2, 1988, Supervisor Ed Moore handed out gas masks to the board members — all except Dewhirst.

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