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t ~ BANY ~. AlP ,'., ~. ssem t an ` ete ,Granmis'~` .Y'.; TiIIo RSdily; lu ~ dream of gett~ ing a rid ol' soine of tlhe srmoke'in th e air • , , , , ~ p - h i `` o n k ~- t e th pears to ne' up ave g no n s e ast for is year ~< -. 8 l ,P;;But Grannis;'an outdoorsman ~kbo `sQrnetimes hikes ;.'arouna mountaintops to, get a nearty mose.ot• cteani air,, says he plans to keep, pushing to Feqfiire smokers to do • ' ~ theii-smoking onl~ i'n special seetions oa'c f ,~ublic pllacesa '; t?' '~or'the second''tiuie.this seasiom, ftle Assembav 're~ _~ jected Wednesday a 0111 ' sponsored by Grannts that ; ¢~ woulld hav~b,,anned'srmokimg in many publhc ptaees: '~Y~ ' a votqrOf 63-58, the ~+lssemlbly ~u~JFed down a re~ ~.4ised version of a stronger`smoking^batt vwbicbi ha'd fiiled ra eaTltier A 1bi.lA needs 7,~6, ~yotes t,p ass."'`~ ~i~ , ;lg WoWa nave qannea' smoKmg mi ;iarge restauranrs, ~ , and ;tmo `otber pubIic; areas, and' allawed workers in r s smah offices to aate`ta bam ~sraoking ~ Y~ . , ~~ B'ut in allplaces yvhere'snnokiog~,wowld have been offi-~i ~, .~~eially,ba,nned, speeially desi gnated'smokit~g areas could '~~~': ,havebeen'set up'te`~~mokersrn~ight haKe,still been able' , °'to smoke in miost nlaces' but onlv bv`sjrtin¢ or standina in the special smoking area:, ;`,~!his will help save lives," declared Grannis, a Dem- acrat frorm, k+fa'nhattanl'I3e, cited statlstics linking lung, ~ ~ ~'cancer to'ci'garette srnoking. ?°And supp s''a ol rt d + ~ rd n t b o er rgue nonsm ,, tears ou s o e * F forced'' to'breathe the'sm&e of others, amd that a smok• er's freedom to light up anywhere infringed on the ri'ahts j -1 of non smokers to havelctean air~' ~j~~ r wi11 "Thi h n pr ti th sum i i l ti ge s c a e e p on, ng n! ex s aws ttiat' smokers have aldl the rights, and non-smokers have Fnone," said!(~:iira'nniS. "r '•:But opponents argued' the bani woul& be burdensome r to' busi'nesses„ which would have ta set,a'si'de special sziuoking; areas if they wished to allow simolting in a pub= „ ,'lhc~' place. And many legi'slators jore fea'rful that,smok ;; ? ers would be ineonvenienced b the bi01 and theni _would! c. I retaliate at the palis. ZThe smoking ban in~ the _sfronger, ea,rlYer, bill! would have' c©wered just about every public place, itnntud'irng , hospiitals, s6hools, llibraries, nnuseums,, xnajor arenas,, miore than 91 ~- buses Rnd trains and rest urants seatin g a „. ; Vle" Factories were excllidedj but most other work , ' ew tludd i c$,erenee.sI