FIGHTS AGAINST SMOKE SCREEN--House Minority Leader Jack Ford, D-Toledo, gestures as he speaks against legislation that would require any board of health rules that are smoking related, be adopted by the local government before they would take effect, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 28, 2000. The bill passed. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAKING A BARK OUT OF CRIME--Rep. Lynn Olman, R-Maumee, speaks on behalf of his sponsored legislation that would prohibit debarking or surgically silencing a vicious dog, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 29, 2000. The bill passed. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

CANCER REPORT--Roland Skeel, president of the Ohio Division of the American Cancer Society, speaks during a news conference concering the latest report of cancer stats in the state, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 28, 2000. The report found death by lung and colorectal cancer to be of serious concern. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)