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EDITORIAL: Smoke screen for smoking ban 

In order to protect favored interests, several committee members and some of their supporters in the Legislature have attempted to complicate the simplest of issues. The correct path couldn't be more obvious. It has been blazed by science and by thousands of lawmakers around the world who have relied on that science to shape legislation.

When the conference committee gets around to meeting again at the end of April it, too, should rely on well-established science and move to protect the health of all Pennsylvanians by crafting a comprehensive indoor smoking ban.

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