Narrow focus would give Oklahoma smoke-free effort best chance to succeed

 

Published: February 1, 2012

The No. 1 legislative priority for Oklahoma Health Commissioner Terry Cline this year is to pass a law that gives municipalities more latitude in going smoke free. He's hoping for better luck than he had in 2011.

A bill carried by House Speaker Kris Steele, R-Shawnee , wound up getting scuttled over concerns that it could be detrimental to businesses. Cline says that was a canard promulgated by tobacco lobbyists...


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