From: Joe@smokefree.org
Date: Sat, 10/14/06
If Issue 4 passes, those of you who currently live in smokefree cities such as
Columbus are going to lose your clean indoor air.
Smokefree Policies
Ohio: Poll: At least one Ohio-wide smoking ban likely to pass
Category
a.. Opinion/Surveys
b.. Smokefree Policies
c.. Elections/Politics
d.. Dining/Entertainment
State
a.. Ohio
Source: AP, 2006-10-11
Author: Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press
A new poll of likely voters shows that an all-out smoking ban in public places
is too close to call, with support among likely voters leading opposition by
just 3.8 percent, or less than the survey's margin of error. A second
less-restrictive proposal (Issue 4) allowing smoking in bars, restaurants and
bowling alleys winning was favored by 52.5 percent of likely voters and opposed
by 36.1 percent, according to the poll sponsored by the University of Akron's
Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.
If both bans pass that less restrictive one brought by tobacco makers and bar
owners would prevail, erasing 21 local smoking bans approved around the state.
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