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Maddox, who was one of the chief sponsors of Question 9, a ballot initiative last year which ended rent control in Cambridge, said that while his effort to get the referendum on the ballot might not be successful in 1996, he is confident that by 1998, the smoking initiative will be on the ballot...
...Next year will be a dry run. But with some financial backing, we hope to have it on the ballot in 1998," said Maddox, who is also the co-chair of the Small Property Owners Association in Cambridge...
Maddox, who is just beginning to collect signatures, said that ballot questions provide ordinary citizens the opportunity to shape policy in the state...
...Ballot initiatives are where individuals can get involved in public policy making in areas where the state legislature has not been active," Maddox said...
Maddox said the impetus behind the ballot petition was the death of his father from smoking-related illnesses...