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  • Gambling group wants anti-smoking petition off Nevada ballot

    07/26/2006 3:25:19 AM PDT · by Raycpa · 10 replies · 384+ views
    ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | July 25, 2006
    ASSOCIATED PRESS CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A gambling industry lawyer says backers of a petition to outlaw smoking in most public places misled voters by falsely claiming the ban wouldn't extend to all Nevada hotel and motel rooms. Nevada Resort Association lawyer Todd Bice has filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to remove the anti-smoking petition from the November ballot because signers were told that the smoking ban wouldn't include hotel and motel rooms when the opposite is true. Bice quoted Michael Hackett, campaign manager for Nevadans for Tobacco-Free Kids, who said in June that it wasn't his organization's...