|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Ban on smoking becomes Md. law
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Container
|
| Contributor | CBlock941 |
| Last Edited | CBlock941 May 18, 2007 12:52pm |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Baltimore Sun |
| News Date | Friday, May 18, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law one of the most restrictive smoking bans in the nation yesterday, putting to rest four years of wrangling between public health advocates concerned about secondhand smoke and restaurateurs who claimed the measure would hurt neighborhood mom-and-pop operations.
The law requires bars and restaurants, as well as private clubs such as American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars halls, to be smoke-free by Feb. 1. Some businesses eligible for financial hardship waivers from the state would get a three-year extension but must be smoke-free by 2011. With the law signed, tobacco shops are virtually the only public indoor places where smoking will be allowed in Maryland. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
