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* USA - Ohio Smoking Ban Includes Big Rigs
CLEVELAND.OH.USA -AP/WANE (Ft Wayne,IN) -Dec 6, 2006: -- Truckers who want to light up a cigarette in their cabs better think twice. The statewide smoking ban that takes effect tomorrow includes company vehicles... Tracy Sabetta is head of the SmokeFreeOhio campaign that backed the law. She says the truck-driving provision was included to protect employees in vehicles used by more than one driver... But because enforcement is based on complaints, Sabetta says it's unlikely health inspectors will be climbing into trucks to issue citations... Exceptions include family owned and operated trucks when drivers are related to the owner. An out-of-state trucker crossing into Ohio also can light up... The Ohio Trucking Association plans to ask the Legislature to exempt truck drivers from the smoking ban...
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