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LONG-SOUGHT BAN ON SMOKING PASSES EASILY IN THE HOUSE
The House of Delegates voted yesterday to make bars and
restaurants across Maryland smoke-free by next year, a victory
for health advocates who have fought for four years to protect
workers and patrons from the dangers of secondhand smoke.
The Senate is expected to give final passage to a statewide ban
tomorrow, following the 98 to 40 vote in the Democrat-dominated
House. Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) has pledged to sign it. In
recent years, Montgomery, Prince George's, Howard, Charles and
Talbot counties -- and last month the city of Baltimore -- have
enacted various restrictions on lighting up.
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