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Article: Up in smoke?: Twin Falls teens advocate smoke-free bowling alleys in Idaho.
- Article from:
- The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2007
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Byline: Ariel Hansen
Mar. 17--TWIN FALLS -- Go bowling after school, and come home smelling like an ashtray? Instead of holding their noses, six Twin Falls teens asked Idaho politicians to vote for a ban on smoking in bowling alleys across the state. Their campaign is working. A bill to make Idaho bowling alleys smoke-free passed the state House by a vote of 48 to 17 on Feb. 23. Two weeks later, it passed the Senate by a vote of 31 to 4. It's on Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's desk now.
"It's really encouraging that young people will stand up and advocate for what they think is right," said Rep. Bob Ring, R-Caldwell, after the teens testified ...
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