Doctors from the Arlington Medical Society met with David today to discuss health care issues and to lend their support to legislation to create smoke-free restaurants and workplaces throughout Virginia. Citing studies that show the average Virginia restaurant and bar has air 30 times worse than found on a clogged I-95, the Medical Society argues that such legislation will reduce the number of tobacco related deaths in Virginia each year. David is the chief sponsor of HB 288, which would empower localities to create smoke-free restaurants ordinances, and he is cosponsoring the state-wide smoke-free restaurants bill.
