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ROBSON: Support is growing for smoke-free laws 

Jump to full article: Janesville (WI) Gazette, 2008-04-30
Author: SEN. JUDY ROBSON

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Although the statewide smoking ban would not extend to homes and cars, it would clean up the air in bars, restaurants and other public places where smoking is still permitted.

Support for a statewide smoking ban is growing, according to a poll of Wisconsin voters in March.

Sixty-nine percent of people surveyed support a statewide ban on smoking in “most indoor public places, including all workplaces, public buildings, offices, restaurants and bars.”

That is a five-point increase from last year.

Support for a clean indoor air law stretches across party lines, demographic groups and geographical regions.

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