Freedom to Breathe Act

This first Minnesota act also limited smoking indoors at public places and private meetings.

[3] The original and major supporters of the 1975 regulations were very pleased to see the Freedom to Breathe Act pass through legislation and signed into law.

[4] In an inForum online article, Don Davis quoted several House Republicans against the bill.

Representative Bud Heidgerken (R-Freeport) said that the ban will hurt small enterprises and presented a kink in the State's plan.

Likewise, Dennis Ozment (R-Rosemount) stated that the passage of the bill is "tyranny, oppressive governmental power...