{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Representative Susan Westrom, D-Lexington, has sponsored a statewide smoking ban for several years. During the 2012 legislative session, the House Health and Welfare Committee passed the measure, but the full House did not vote on it. Smoke Free Kentucky, a coalition of non-profit, business and other groups, stopped Tuesday at the Frankfort headquarters of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, a longtime supporter of a statewide smoking ban, while taking their message on the road this week in hopes of getting legislation passed in the 2013 legislation session. The group kicked off its tour Monday in Louisville and Lexington and plans to visit Somerset, Bowling Green and Paducah. The weeklong tour will end Saturday at the annual Fancy Farm political picnic in Graves County. Westrom, who attended Tuesday's event, said she did not aggressively pursue the matter during the 2012 legislative session because all 100 members of the House are up for re-election in November.
