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Effort To Deny Heath Plan To Smokers Dropped  

Turner: Proposal Withdrawn Under Tobacco Farmer's Encouragement
Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2010-01-27

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House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner is abandoning a proposal to refuse health insurance to new state employees who smoke.

Turner, of Nashville, announced on the House floor Wednesday that he is withdrawing the proposal under the "strong encouragement" of fellow Democratic Rep. John Litz, a tobacco farmer from Morristown.

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