AZ to Ban Smoking in All Work Places [07/31-4]

Excerpts from: All jobs would banish cigarettes

By Barrett Marson Arizona Daily Star [07/30/03]

Rep. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson, wants to introduce a bill that would ban smoking in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars throughout the state. * What's next: Lopez will meet with stakeholders during the next few weeks before getting the bill written. It would be introduced for the next legislative session, which begins in January. It would then head to a committee hearing, possibly the House Health Committee. If it is approved in the House, the Senate would also have to give its blessing. Then it would have to get past Gov. Janet Napolitano.

PHOENIX - Smokers are expected to face an assault on two of the last public places where they can freely light up: restaurants and bars.

A Tucson lawmaker wants to get rid of cigarettes in all workplaces, and that includes currently exempt restaurants and bars.

Rep. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson, said she expects to introduce legislation in January like that in California and New York, which instituted smoking bans.

"It's a workplace issue," Lopez said Tuesday. "People have to work in bars, and they have to have a safe place to work like everybody else."

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