(Tennessee Governor) Bredesen wants smoke snuffed out at work

[NashVegas]

Calling it the “right thing to do,” Gov. Phil Bredesen proposed a statewide ban on workplace smoking Thursday.

Bredesen said passing a workplace smoking ban, a proposal which would include restaurants and bars, would be the “single biggest thing we can do” to improve “our health” and “leave our state with a healthier environment.”

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Monday, the governor supported tripling the state’s cigarette tax from 20 cents to 60 cents to pay for $220 million in new education programs.

Bredesen said the combination of hiking the cigarette tax and banning smoking at work — which both require the Legislature’s approval — will be a “powerful force in fighting the detrimental effects of smoking” to protect the health of children and adults.

http://nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=54549

When do smokers reach a point where they are ready to quit cigs and, en masse, go for the patch or the gum if only as a protest? Where will those taxes come from?

[Hav]

1. .

It's still a good thing. People generally don't like getting cancer because of the smokers around them.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Hopefully, they'll up Tennessee's income tax to pay their bills.

[NashVegas]

3. Please Tell Me That's Sarcasm?

And that you know TN has no income tax?