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Jump to full article: St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 2009-10-05
Author: Phil Sutin St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Intro: Campaign committees for and against a smoking ban in public indoor places in St. Louis County registered last Thursday with the St. Louis County Election Board. Voters will consider the issue at a special election Nov. 3.
Citizens for a Smoke-Free County is the group promoting the ban. The opposing group is Citizens Against Proposition N.
Charles Gatton, the chairman of the supporters' committee, said the smoking ban “is good for the citizens, for workers, businesses and families.” The ban, he said, would “improve the health and well-being of our region for our children and their children.”
The committee has a website, www.smokefreestlcounty.org. It plans to send a mailing to targeted voters in the county, Gatton said. It has a speakers bureau, he said.
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