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  • One more day until Virginia restaurants ban smoking

    11/30/2009 12:42:29 PM PST · by HokieMom · 48 replies · 654+ views
    Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | November 30, 2009 | AP
    Restaurants all across Virginia are preparing for new smoking regulations. Beginning tomorrow, restaurants will be allowed to have a smoking area only if they segregate smokers into rooms with separate ventilation systems. The law also allows smoking on outdoor patios and in private membership clubs.
  • Tim Kaine celebrates Virginia's new smoking ban

    12/01/2009 6:11:44 PM PST · by HokieMom · 27 replies · 318+ views
    The Washington Examiner ^ | December 2, 2009 | William C. Flook
    Gov. Tim Kaine did a victory lap around Virginia on Tuesday to mark the beginning of a historic ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, speaking confidently of the law's longevity despite his successor's opposition to it. Flanked by legislative allies at Chadwicks restaurant in Alexandria, the outgoing governor said the ban would cut heart and lung disease associated with exposure to secondhand smoke among restaurant patrons and workers, while not hurting the businesses' bottom lines. The stop was sandwiched by visits to Charlottesville and Richmond. The new law represents one to Kaine's few major policy wins in a term...