Organizer: Petition On Smoking Ban A Success
The coordinator of an attempt to have South Dakota voters decide whether to enact a tougher smoking ban says more than enough petition signatures have been gathered. Larry Mann says he thinks the petitions will be turned in June 22 but that more will be sought to make sure there's enough. The revised ban, set to take effect July 1, would make it illegal to smoke in public places such as bars, restaurants and video lottery establishments. If 16,776 valid petition signatures are turned in by June 29, the ban won't be enacted until voters decide the matter in November 2010. Mann, who represents the Video Lottery Establishments of South Dakota, says he doesn't advocate smoking but that the issue of whether establishments permit smoking should be decided by the people. © 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The following comments do not necessarily represent the views of KSFY.com. Users have agreed to these terms and in doing so accept full responsibility for their comments. Moderation is limited. Monday, Jun 15 at 12:58 PM I love Jesus! wrote ...It has to come to this doesn't it. If the people have to vote they have to vote....my vote is going to be BAN it BAN the whole thing!! you say that the business' are going to suffer but they WONT look at all the other states that passed this and they are doing just fine!! like BS DELAY said I guess we are going to have to kill a few more people b-4 we can breathe cleaner air!! Lets just get this thing passed and move on with LIFE!!!! Sunday, Jun 14 at 11:19 PM BS DELAY wrote ...Well 2/3 of south Dakota's people want the ban so congrats on delaying and costing a SD a lot of money to get to the same result. guess we have to kill more people for another couple years b4 we can breathe cleaner air. Sunday, Jun 14 at 3:05 PM Anonymous wrote ...I'm happy about the signatures, it should be up to us, not the government. hahaha Sunday, Jun 14 at 11:11 AM anon wrote ...Yes...let's waste even more of South Dakotan's money for the same result! We're very good at that! Saturday, Jun 13 at 8:52 PM Smoking & Gambling wrote ...Can't we get rid of both? Saturday, Jun 13 at 5:04 PM Bob wrote ...These smoking bans will probably go down in history as one of the greatest marketing scams ever. They want to "hurry up and pass the bans" before people find out who is paying the lobbyists pushing for them. Here's the beginning of the ban movement in the USA. www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?ia=143&id=14912 Here are the instructions from Johnson and Johnsons' (makers of cessation products) RWJ Foundation www.no-smoke.org/pdf/CIA_Fundamentals.pdf Saturday, Jun 13 at 2:30 PM Anonymous wrote ...yes leave it up to the people to deside not the dumb goverment Add a commentMost Popular |
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