Maybe we are making a difference!
""Philosophically, I think it's an overstep," Ardis said. "I hate to see government go that direction. I hate to see it given that authority to regulate an area or a behavior that's not illegal."
2nd time I've been tempted to wax optimistic today, but I think so!
One can only hope that! However, I see these lovely quotes from the American Cancer Society guy and the others as trying to apply pressure to the governor "to keep his word", so to speak.
Perhaps they think that if they keep saying "He said he supported it!" in public often enough that he'll feel the need to back it up with action favorable to them.
I also liked the comment about how statistically 78% of the population are non-smokers. I'd like to know how he came up with that number (his source), though I don't think he's far off. That being said, just because one is a non-smoker doesn't mean that that someone will automatically support these bans. I think it's pretty stupid to think so, anyway.