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. otes ~3~1I C'ur8ang ..rv . tE •. moking tn ° By S~I~ It[J~,~" ~~ ~~w L$cdal W Tbe xnr Ya~'17ms :: ;. ALBAXY*, ; Aprif 25- A bi11 tllat' wb?ald in effect turn the iaw acound~by prohibit- ing smoking 1n .pubiic places exCept in designated arehas }5een trti~~'animouslY „!&edl out of the Assembljr's Health Com- mittee, but Its future appears_ uncertain, .4s the Public -Health ~.aa~ now stands, F t;' 'smokang; is permitted excep`t where signs expressly ~forbi~diit. The nonprtisaii• legislation, •"expected to be deliated "ui the Asseinblypext yveek, is said to have widespraad support tfiere. But an identical; Senatee bill has yeti 'to be vo4sd'' on In iommittee Aides said the Senate' would defer action untiP after ahe full Assembly voted and that the matter would be discussed soon by Senate ,-Republicans. ~They noted; however,ttliat ?~ 4 ' the Senate seyeral ;Years ago voted ~; against prohibiting sspokiAg la..it~ ahari~= ber, while ihhe Assemhly does 0nfofce suchaban t` "It's uncertin v0hat wi11 happen In the ~~ ~.Senate; " said a spokesman for its 1ieaft, #~ w` Committee chairrqan; Tarky Lombardi„ a Syracuse Repubi' "because ' i~an,there is. e sti11' a question of the economie etfect and -the practicej enforcement of jhe ~F legislation 6' k. Lobbyists Oppose Bil` , ; . ~-v ''L'hhe bill is being considered amid fn« tense lobbying by the: tabacco ' industrx +R =d, to a, lesser degree, by sorpe •re. ~ Kr ; staurateurs,' viho believe: it •would result '. in economic disaster and would be unen- ~ forceable: •If 1't does pass both houses of the Legislature it will be sent to a Governor who , does not smoke (', and' °"Whom we don't smoke aiound,"' - said pne of Gavernor Carey's aides. . :•~ -The bill would requiie that all public places - including restaurants, offices, hospitals, xetail stores, schools,, museums and libraries-have designated smoking, :. -areas and ' prohib'it smoking everywhere '~ 4se. Restaurants seating, 21 or f'ewer"pat- son8 would be"exempt; as would all bars. ;, illie'Ibitl wouidinot pre-empt more strin- l regulations. "Wiolaters wouM' cx 'ne~KP.to 1100. .t`" ~ tompirtson ~Vith Nani7e~e s:-!Wuch stricter regulations rn Neip hitve' brougkit demand's ttuft the rts1e3V.114 ; arewritten "ind! - that tlfeir effective `d~; a; be delayed IF , ~der ~fie Jersey;riagulatioas, ~ Y adopted earlier this "month,'vestauraats , waufid .be'ze4uined to'bui7d_S.4.ipr,li-lfi F gh ~vaUs separating smokers from noasmo~- d t t s4 `~ t~r a special~~~1 tionsa'ldsete~ ~~ron~, ~ ,:. ~ i~,., ~ c r~` :< ;rThe Peop°s.. New `~dork law tqouta' Le- s 4~ s{vire 9n1y~eAarate hreas and n Fkgntija« , s, ~;. tloa systerr}; to lie maintained~ .:y ' a' ~7ndet pcessure~fcom lobbyists, a I~ew ~* , ; Jersey legislakiyg coprmittee,oa ,Monday j ~r threatened to abosh the smoking restric-: t : tions untess `the ~'ublic ' HealthCpimcil, ti which'set p,Ithe, regulations, rewrote: the 4~ rules an sy dk ~utting them ~nto.ef- `~ W' ~Q s .fect •w~r ~i~W.?s~.t ~ "~e bo om ICne,,~s tlfat under 50 ']ion~`peaplei~the ~Upit6d~ States"smoke said the apcinsof Iihe„New York Assem., bly, Alexander, . ~.~ rannis, A,New;Yark _. City "Demaerat, Aenate'aponsor is Owen bi dohn ublican of Baby- 4on, T.rI ~i ;"Tney w~I ~tis~ ave tobe shhtt 1si. 'gy aonvenienced for the'seke of the pna CDI