Health advocates are preparing another push for a statewide smoking ban in some public places, and the campaign is drawing bipartisan support from some Kentucky lawmakers.
Republican Senator Julie Denton of Louisville and Democratic Representative Susan Westrom of Lexington said yesterday they will file statewide smoke-free legislation.
They said everyone has the right to breathe smoke-free air at work and in public.
There's already patchwork of local smoking bans in Kentucky.
Tobacco production has dropped in Kentucky during the past decade, but the state remains the nation's leading producer of burley tobacco, an ingredient in many cigarettes.