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FROM F+D 'ri~LSCHUH - 3F RANCH PHONE N0. 7759027 Sep. 23 2002 01:14PM P2
P.O. ]fox 200, ®~o~a, H~waai 96727, 775~0~4
TO: Counciltnenabers NaAacy X'isicchio, Chair; and 3ulae Jacobson, ~Iice~Chair, fiu
Services axtd );cono~caic L~eveloganeaat Co ,Hawaii Coea~,ty Coearacil
1~TZCA~t: fired C. Holschuh, M.la.
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~T~: Sep~tezrAber 24, 2002
SUBJECT: Bill 260, "lE~elating to Srnolting iga Certain Places in Hawaii Coe~ty"
Chair ~isicchio, Vice-Cheer Jac:ob~at and nbers:
Thank you for aIlowi~ rate to submit testimony in stroa~g support of Bill 260, which will
eacp~xd areas r~vlaere sraaoking would not be allowed inn. Hawaii County. I a t~anl~x of
the Gov board. of the statevvidc Coalitxota for a Tobacco l+ree I~.waii, and the East
Ilawagi Coalition, as well ss tl~ advisory ~o. of the Aanerican Lug tlssociatio~
I~iowever, I aan pr~ntirag than testirraony as an iraduvidual. -
As a 30pyear eanergency physiciau, I all too fa$niliar with the devastatixzg and
agoa~ health ects of tobacco lase. The Xdeal ordinance would be a e to xnske
alI woxl4places saraoke free, but I realise the are concerns by owpaers of bars about bei~
woke free.
T;~eger smoke free restaurants, sn~ io. restaurants exposes two captive groups of
victirtas to second d srrtolcc: xesta~sraxst workers att. children dinia~ with their parents.
Speaki~ of chaldxera, by paxerrts not s~ok~g ~ restaurants, yob people axe a~'axdcd
ar£. additio~l. ele of a smoke 1Frec lifestyle. No one ever ~r~.ats their childr~a io be
caaslaved by addictiosa to t®bacco products. The paresatal rao~smolci~ role: ~saodel is tJk~c
most p®vsrerfe,~,l "dcrnaaad reduction tool ix~ keeping children from to~cco use.
In respotsse to clam fleet orditaataces retli~irirag smol~e ~cee resta~axlts will adversely
a~"ect tourisrrs seed the ecoaaoa~y, I w,rorrid ls'kc to taaention a scientific study tlaa~t w~
disctass~ at a receart ngeetirag by orre of the authors, tonne Marie Charleswortkz. As
reported in the Jourtflal of flee Au~ican Medir~l Association, May 26, l 999, aay states
egad. canes ire flee United States that have enacted r'estaur~t snaol$ bases were evalaaated
for claar°ages in reveYl~aes to restaunts. There mere no decreases iaa restaura~ patro~ge,
atad 4rt some cases, there were incsses. Ixf some iradividtaal establish4rsents, as much as a
30°x® incr~e izx restararaxat revenaAe occurred. This iaacluded both ' ioraal atad
doxnest~c tougisarz.
1 would lilts to a some l points:
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FROM F+D HOLSCHUH - 3F RANCH PHONE N0. 7759027 Sep. 23 2002 01:15PM P3
Dili 260, Sept. 24, 2002
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EnvYrot~tx~etatal tobacco szuvke (:~econdhattd statolte) is clearly a health hid that
no person should t~ve to endure.
~tthough the ides approach to ensure the -best protection f®r people world l~ to
iuclaade free staasd~ag kaars seed niglttchtbs in a smoke free workplace ordtce,
spewing personally, X would rather see sxx~oke ilea verorkplace protection pass taow
wttho~tt free staxtdixtg bars and nightclubs, than hive t~ bill not go forw~d.
Finally, I want to rtaake it very clear, that X have beset working on Tobacco control
issaaes, inchadiatg the ~otaoluha smaoke fret restau~x?t ordira~tce f®r txanty y~'s,
loaag before my catadadacy for the T~awa.ii County Council began,
I applaud Couraciltnc.-ntbcacs I,.eithead-Todd sand Tyler for slaoa~sori~ this bill, a~ad a tl~
council to move the bdl forwyard.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred C. kiolscltuh, M.~.