Virginia may be changing, but it's still the #3 tobacco state in the country (and worldwide headquarters for Philip Morris). Which is probably why "a House of Delegates subcommittee unanimously rejected a bill [yesterday] that had won Senate approval despite the state's long-standing ties to the tobacco industry." It's unfortunate, given the hazards of second-hand smoke. As Sen. J. Bradford Bell II said, "The bottom line is that we're not talking about a smoker's right to smoke indoors...We're talking about my right not to breath in 4,000 chemicals and 60 known carcinogens that are associated with secondhand smoke."
Better luck next year?