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Jump to full article: Saipan Tribune (mp), 2008-03-30
Author: Mark Rabago Assistant Editor
Intro: The Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands has thrown its weight behind a bill that seeks to outlaw smoking in restaurants, bars, and workplaces in the Northern Marianas.
In an interview Friday following the Saipan Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting, HANMI chair Lynn A. Knight said the organization has voted to endorse House Bill 16-47 sponsored by Rep. Justo S. Quitugua.
"Everybody who responded to the survey said they are supporting the bill; nobody said they are against it. We didn't have a 100-percent response rate, though, but 100 percent of the people that answered supported it. And a number of them said they are already doing it on their own," Knight said in an interview with the Saipan Tribune.
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