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Committee approves firefighter cancer presumption bill with vaping language added
Summary
The committee advanced a bill extending certain cancer presumptions for firefighters; stakeholders discussed tobacco-policy language and agreed to add ‘vaping’ to the prohibited-use provision as a committee amendment.
Members of the state’s professional firefighters association appeared before the committee to discuss language in legislation addressing presumptive workers’-compensation coverage for certain cancers among firefighters.
Sean McAllister, secretary-treasurer of the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire, told the committee the bill’s tobacco-free lifestyle language was part of prior negotiated language and follows…
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