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Connecticut Senate Passes Bill Outlawing Smoking In Bars, Restaurants.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2003
By Garret Condon, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 1--A day that began with poll numbers showing that most state voters want smoke-free restaurants and bars ended with the approval Wednesday of a smoking ban by the state Senate. The bill now goes to the House.
"It's a long time coming, but I think what we ended up with today, after a long day, was obviously a bill that enjoyed broad, bipartisan support," said Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Southington, co-chairman of the legislature's Public Health Committee, who has been the prime mover behind the ban.
State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin B. Sullivan had high praise for the freshman senator, saying that Murphy "has done something no one has been able to...
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