If passed, HB 3953 will prohibit communities from enacting local smokefree ordinances that cover restaurants, bars or taverns. The bill has passed the House and has now been assigned to the Senate Business Committee. As smokefree air policies become more prevalent and gain popularity across the country, tobacco companies and their allies devise new variations of old tricks to thwart smokefree air efforts.
Ventilation is the industry's latest strategy to derail clean indoor air.
What Restaurateurs and the Tobacco Industry Have to Say Read and contrast quotes from restaurant owners on the economic impact of clean indoor air laws with the tobacco industry's predictions of doom.