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Jump to full article: WBIR NBC (Knoxville, TN), 2008-05-07
Author: Jake Jost
Intro: A state legislator from Maryville is taking heat that he is responsible for illegal smoking at the state capitol.
State law prohibits smoking in public buildings, but NBC affiliate WSMV reports folks have been spotted lighting up in a make-shift smoker's lounge of sorts in Rep. Joe McCord's office suite.
WSMV reported that room was equipped with an air filtration device. There were also liquor bottles stacked inside a cabinet there. There is no prohibition against alcohol in the lawmakers' offices.
WSMV reporter Jeremy Finley tried to confront McCord on-camera about the smoking there, and McCord made it clear he was not interested in talking on-camera.
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