Smoking and the upcoming 2006 election

Smoking and the upcoming 2006 election

The smoking ordinance which was passed in all States almost simultaneously last month , if passed would prohibit smoking in all public buildings and require businesses to post no smoking signs . An individual or owner or manager of a public building could be fined an amount depending on the degree of offence committed . The decision to ban smoking has been supported more or less by all political parties Numerous polls have been conducted

across States and cities to find out people 's and leader 's reaction to

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In Canada , out of the eight Tory candidates contesting the election to replace Premier Ralph Klein has unanimously supported the smoking ban and pledged to ban smoking in all work places , including bars . The five contenders further said that in the event of them winning the election they would increase the tax on a pack of smoke by 1 , ban the sale of tobacco in pharmacies and ban displays in retail stores . In the Ohio city , proposals put forward by two initiatives , one supported by the hospitality industry and financed by tobacco industry (issue 4 , and the other by more than 500 organisations and businesses and financed by the American Cancer Society (issue 5 ) are debated by leaders of state-wide smoking initiatives . The defeat of issue 4 would largely depend on the voter 's unanimous approval of issue 5

A random poll conducted previous week by Research 2000 of Rockville and Maryland , to gather information about voter 's views on the proposed smoking ban in Allen county indicated that more than half of the voting population supported the ban . The Democrat supporters have largely favoured the ban (73 , whereas only 35 of Republican voters supported the ban . In Jefferson County , 63 voters supported the ban as shown by Bluegrass Courier Journal poll

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