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• Public indoor smoking ban takes shape in Alabama state senate bill 

Jump to full article: Birmingham (AL) News, 2008-02-29
Author: DAVID WHITE News staff writer

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A plan to ban people from smoking in restaurants, stores, malls and most other public indoor places in Alabama, excluding stand-alone bars, took an early step toward approval Thursday.

The bill also would ban smoking in all indoor workplaces that are used by employees even if the workplaces are not generally open to the public.

The Senate Education Committee voted 7-1 for the bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile. The full 35-member Senate could vote on it as soon as next week.

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