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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is trying to eliminate smoking the Speaker's Lobby in Washington.
The Hill reported that Waxman, set to chair the House Government Reform Committee, may succeed in getting the ban -- although smoking has long been allowed in the Lobby, where lawmakers often talk with reporters.
"There's no question that the right health policy is to end smoking in the Speaker's Lobby and I will be surprised if it doesn't happen," Waxman said. "I realize some members want to smoke there, but there's absolutely no reason to force pages and others to breathe secondhand smoke."
Waxman is a member of the Congressional Task Force on Tobacco and Health.
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