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Jump to full article: Internet Wire, 2008-03-20
Author: Source: Int'l Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers
Intro: A bill to ban smoking in public places, similar to one that remains in the Judiciary Committee of the Kansas Senate, is being discussed the day after Easter in the Ways and Means Committee.
Among those expected to testify against SB660 at the hearing 10:30a.m. Monday morning are tobacconists Curt Diebel and Tom Jacob.
"The proposed statewide smoking ban is a divisive tool for discriminating against those who choose to smoke and it is an assault on the rights of all the citizens of Kansas, smokers and non-smokers alike," said Diebel, owner of Diebel's Sportsman Gallery in Parkland, Kansas.
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