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Churches Join Fray On Smoking Ban 

As a conference committee of the Pennsylvania General Assembly holds hearings this week to reconcile House and Senate versions of a workplace smoking ban, prominent religious organizations are urging enactment.

Pennsylvania Faith United Against Tobacco and the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, which represent various Protestant, Adventist and Orthodox Christian denominations, emphasized the health hazards of tobacco use. They posited that its use leads to 20,000 deaths in Pennsylvania each year and that second-hand smoke causes 3,000 of those.

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