One thing this story about a smoke-free Statehouse doesn't mention is that the General Assembly isn't affected -- that pesky old separation-of-powers deal. So, legislators will still have their little hidey holes where they can puff away. That's probably a good thing; politics as we know it would disappear if we had to do away with the smoke-filled back room literally as well as figuratively. What would they do -- consummate deals over Big Macs? Somehow, "cholesterol-filled back room" doesn't quite cut it.
