Transcript: California Adopts Strict Non-Smoking Measures

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BOB EDWARDS, Host: The California legislature has passed one of the country's most stringent bans on smoking in the work place. Only Utah and Vermont have tougher statutes. But, even if California Governor Pete Wilson signs the bill into law, it still could be superseded by a ballot initiative funded by the tobacco industry which would permit smoking in public places. From San Francisco, NPR's Thuy Vu reports.

THUY VU, Reporter: The smoking ban approved by California lawmakers would replace the more than 100 local smoke-free ordinances in the state with one uniformed standard. Smoking would be permitted in nearly all enclosed places of employment, ...

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