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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Ohio Supreme Court Smoking Ban Decision Reaction. |
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August 30, 2002 |
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A no-smoking activist says Wednesday's Ohio Supreme Court ruling will make it harder to implement bans against smoking in public places. The court ruled that county health boards lack the authority to restrict smoking. But Sandy Erb of Tobacco Free Ohio says her group is not giving up on the effort to clean up the air in restaurants, bars and other public buildings. |
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| Erb is based in Marietta and works in a 20 county area of southeast Ohio. She says it will now be necessary to convince local elected officials in the region that they should act to impose smoking bans. |
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Sandy Erb (0:13)
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| The court ruling ended the smoking bans in Muskingum, Meigs, and several other Ohio counties. The Muskingum ban had been in effect since 1992. Meigs County's ban started just last year. |
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