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Issue Position: Smoking ban

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2017
Issues: Business and Consumers Health and Health Care

Against long odds and powerful special interests, Ralph authored the smoking ban in restaurants because it would improve Virginia's economy and public health. When he first tried in 2008, the bill was defeated and the headwinds were too strong. In 2009, he came right back and introduced it again. Reaching across the aisle, he passed the smoking ban and Governor Kaine signed it into law. Today, cancer deaths are down in Virginia and below the national average.


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