Va. House Stubs Out Smoking Ban Effort

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FOR THE FOURTH YEAR in a row, attempts to ban smoking in public places have met with defeat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

The move is seen as a defeat for Gov. Tim Kaine, who had pushed for a smoking ban to be a priority during the 60-day legislative session, The Post's Anita Kumar reports.

According to Kumar, quashing the effort required snuffing out a dozen bits of legislation:

A subcommittee of the House General Laws Committee considered four bills that the Senate had passed, including one favored by Kaine that would have prohibited smoking in restaurants and bars. ...

Last week, the same subcommittee killed eight similar proposals from House members. Thursday's action means all the anti-smoking bills introduced in the 60-day legislative session are dead.

» "Hopes for Public Smoking Ban Are Snuffed Out" [WaPo]