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Sides gear up for fight over legislation
Jump to full article: New Orleans (LA) Times Picayune, 2009-05-21
Author: Jan Moller Capital bureau
Intro: A push to expand Louisiana's indoor smoking ban gained momentum Wednesday, when a Senate committee agreed to legislation that would ban the practice in bars and casinos.
The unanimous decision by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee came a day after a House health care committee approved similar legislation. The move sets up a showdown on the floors of the House and Senate between the public health advocates who are pushing the measures, and lobbyists for casinos and bars, who oppose the change.
"It's been a chess match to participate in, but the folks we're not playing chess with are the folks who are exposed to secondhand smoke," said Sen. Rob Marionneaux Jr., D-Livonia, who sponsored Senate Bill 186.
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