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Statewide measure would require November vote
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Topeka — Voters would decide in the November election whether to enact a smoking ban in their county, under a proposal introduced today in the Legislature.
“I believe this bill will save tens of thousands of Kansas lives,” said state Sen. David Wysong, R-Mission Hills, one of the sponsors of the legislation.
The measure was introduced in the Senate Judiciary Committee. A hearing is expected in the next week or so.
Under the measure, each county will have on the Nov. 8 general election ballot the question of whether to ban smoking in public places.
State Sen. Jim Barnett, R-Emporia, who is also a physician, said, “I’ve alrady had patients tell me they are planning to stop smoking because of this bill.”
Wysong said allowing county votes on the issue was the most politically expedient way in the Legislature to get a ban in place.
Under the bill, if voters in Douglas County rejected a smoking ban, the smoking ban in Lawrence would still remain in effect, he said.
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