The smoking lamp is still lit, but it’s flickering. I think it will soon go out for good in Wisconsin. Though statewide bans have just been rejected in Virginia and Maryland, Indy has a ban beginning Wednesday, and the LA Times has an update.

Milwaukee is currrently having its debate. The American Cancer Society weighed in. The chief organized opposition to smoking bans appears to come from the Tavern League who appears to be cracking and the Wisconsin Restaurant Association who vows a fight to the end. The Journal-Sentinel, not suprisingly is anti-smoking.

Nashville (of all places) is having the smoking debate. How can you cry in your beer about that woman what done you wrong if you don’t have a cigarette in your other hand? This post not only covers that debate, it also provides lots of great links to a site discussing the debate in D.C. which resulted in the nation’s capitol going smoke-free.

Bottom line? I believe that a state-wide ban will pass in Wisconsin. Time to go on the patch and bet that alcohol is next on Nanny’s list.