Rejected by one Senate committee, backers of a proposed Kansas indoor-smoking ban are hoping that another panel will give the legislation a hearing, KAKE-10 reported March 23.

The bill, which was not passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, is now being reviewed by the Senate Ways and Means Committee. However, the panel is considering the original, more restrictive version of the legislation, which lacks amendments that exempted more types of businesses from the ban. The original bill bans smoking in tobacco shops, for example, along with nearly all other indoor spaces.

"I think the last bill had revisions everyone could live with," said Tom Jacob, owner of The Cigar Chateau. "This is our business and to restrict our business and cut back on what we can do and how we present it to customers is a very devastating thing."