The Pennsylvania Senate is holding hearings on a proposed statewide indoor-smoking ban and a committee vote on the measure could be held in May, WTAE-TV reported March 10.

The measure would ban smoking in most public places, including casinos. State lawmakers say they would like to vote on the measure before the Legislature's summer break.

Ban supporters say that allowing any indoor smoking is hazardous to health. "Simply put, having a smoking and nonsmoking section in the same airspace is like having a peeing and non-peeing section in a hot tub or swimming pool," said Bill Goodshall of the group Smoke Free Pa.