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Lawmakers to consider statewide smoking ban on Monday  

Jump to full article: AP, 2008-05-14
Author: Bob Johnson The Associated Press

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A bill that would ban smoking in work places and many public settings in Alabama still has a chance of becoming law as the Legislature prepares for the final day of its 2008 session.

House Speaker Seth Hammett, D-Andalusia, says the smoking ban will be one of the bills considered by the House when business concludes on Monday. The bill by Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, passed the Senate 28-3, but would likely have to go back to the upper chamber for final passage because of changes made in a House committee.

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