More on the Failed Passage of the Smoking Ban

There’ll be no statewide ban on smoking in public places -- for now.

State lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a ban early this morning, leaving antismoking advocates bitterly disappointed and a new Legislature to grapple in 2009 with an issue that has wide public support.


The defeat left smoking ban proponents talking of a 2010 ballot proposal to accomplish it if lawmakers can't.

For the complete story, please see Chris Christoff, Public smoking ban fizzles, Detroit Free Press, December 19, 2008.