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The intent is to protect workers in some restaurants and bars from the health effects of secondhand smoke.
Jump to full article: Tulsa World, 2009-10-30
Author: SUSAN SIMPSON NewsOK.com
Intro: Anti-smoking proponents say they will try again to pass legislation that closes loopholes in state law that allow smoking in some bars and restaurants.
The intent is to protect workers from the health effects of secondhand smoke, representatives of the American Heart Association and the state Health Department said. On Thursday, they said they would seek legislation similar to a bill that died in the Oklahoma House this year.
The bill would remove exemptions to anti-smoking legislation approved in 2003. The exemptions allow smoking in stand-alone bars and in separately-ventilated smoking rooms in restaurants.
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