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New Proposals For Safer Roads 

A pair of proposed Cattaraugus County laws are considered by some as a way of reducing dangers in the county, while others have questioned whether they are evidence of government regulating a bit too much. . . .

Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Barb Hastings also hopes recommendations from the county health board will breath new life into another proposal that would ban smoking in vehicles when children are present.

The law, proposed by Legislator William Sprague, D-Yorkshire, states the legislature finds it "essential to ensure the welfare of our children by acknowledging the fact that second-hand smoke is detrimental to people's health, specifically children who may be unable to avoid second-hand smoke inhalation."

"The best way to avoid the harmful affects of second-hand smoke, without restricting the individual rights and freedoms granted under the Constitution of the United States of America, is to ban smoking in automobiles, a place where second-hand smoke inhalation can be avoided, and where ventilation is insufficient."

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