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Amerin Cancer society, awai'i I~aific, Inc.
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B°Bilo, 96720
Phone: 935-9763 ~ax~ 9 'S-9780
TO: C®unty Mask ~
f~~; f-B~a~'i~~ of tf~ ~o~r~ty of hfa~aii
Sehedufed for Tuesday, l~~~ober 24, 20d2f
l~uma~ ~er~ric~a ~~d c~r~omic Ae~etopment C~mftte~
~m~k~ Free ~rl~pBacea ~n o~°di~~o~ ame~di~g ~ti~r ~S~asnrai`i
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~ponscsrs; ~s~uncil ~41er~ber ~®bby Jean ~.aith~ad~-`fold,
Coc~nclf IVlember i?~rtis Tyler Ill E
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~OB~i~S: ~®pie~ needed. Thank ou for our assistat~cel ~
Thank you for this opportunity $o tes$ify. The ,erican ~an~r 5ocie#y supp®rt the
intent of the bill Crete sm®ke fie ~nr®rkplaces ie~ ~-iee~aB'i ~o~nty. oor~c~ha d
smaite is a health I•ta~ard in the work place, a yeas', secondhand moke rna be
reSprs~ible for about 3,00fs lung- oaracer deaths l nonsrn®kir$g adults and an a ditiosiaf
35,OQ0 to 40,0®® cases of heart disease in nonsmokers.
Tobacco use nationally accounted for an es$'srnd 430,700 premature deaths soh
year from 199Q to `9964 and reaore than $53 bilk®a~ in direrc$ m~dicaf cots in 199 The
human and financial costs of tobacco use impact ali of us.
Crewing smoke free workplaces is go®d business practice. C}ur ~atat~ experien with
the srn~ke free restaurants ordinance in Oahu hay been positive. ~e~ta~arar~ts l Oahu
nave not reported a negative impact on business: and some have reported an In rases
in revena~e. The ordinance is providing a safer wt~rk environ€~ent andi not hu~'tan the
resurar~t k~usina~ss. i
The people of t°lawai'i are very supportive o$ smoke free workplaces ~nd restau ants.
V1le understand that s€rao~in kilBs. VVe also understand that secondh~rzd wrack is v®
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hazardous to ®thers are expcased t® it. f
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1~4ehaE® again foe this ®pportunity to speak. Vole, gook forvuard to enjoying snnoke free
workplae~s grad res#auran$s on our Island. i
(Lin 1~larie)
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