So-called State Wide Smoke-Free Workplace Ban would have been a good start to curb smoking-caused cancer in many parts of our State. (The parts of Alaska that do not have legal authority to impose local restrictions like a Smoke-Free Workplace Ban.)

But, one legislator refused to hold a hearing on the bill. Was strange to learn the method used to kill such an important bill. - Reference Reality Check with John Tracey

http://www.ktva.com/reality-check-w-john-tracy-how-an-alaska-lawmaker-killed-a-popular-health-initiative-689/