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SubJect: [JoeCherner-AnnounmjSmokefree Bars a Roaring Success in California
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The two articles below attest to the incredible popularity of 8 years of smokefree workplace legislation in California.
To send a letter of support for smokefree workplace legislation where you live, go to y u~.,smokfre.orsx
Support for S ®kefree Bars Skyrockets in California
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75% of.Bar (3wr.Pre¢ Saakefre.i aw,.U from 47% in 199
SACBAI[ENTO, Callif -(BUSIf11ESS WHtE) -Nov. 20,2002--Nearly five years after California's groundbreaking smoke-
free bar law took effect, two new Field Research polls for the Department of Health Services show overwhelming support for
smoke-free baps, Governor Gray Dario announced today.
The polls :3 ere relea"- at the 2002 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in San Francisco. According to the polls, 75
percent of bar owners and employees in California prefer to work in smoke-free environments. Nearly 80 percent of bar
patrons agree that smoke-free dining and drinking establishments are important to their health.
"'This study shows California's natiornvide leadership in employee protection laws is backed by owners and workers alike,"
Gov. Davis said. "Despite the tobacco industry's aggressive interference and misinformation campaign, smoke-free bars are
preferred by the majority of bar owners and employees, and bar patrons."
According to the 2002 "bar establishment" opinion poll, 75 percent of bar owners and employees said they now prefer to
work in a smoke-free environment, compared to 47 percent in 1998, This represents a 60 percent increase in bar owner and
employee support for the law.
In the same period, the 2002 "bar patron" opinion poll show that 79 percent of bar patrons surveyed said it's important to
have a smoke-free environ-nent inside clubs, bars, lounges and restaurants with bars, a 20 percent increase from the 66
percent reported in 1998.
SAN FRANCISCO-(BUSINESS WIIW)-Nov. 20, 2002--While other cities, states and countries debate smokefree
workplace laws acid listen to unsubstantiated threats of economic doom, California's health, labor and business leaders
confirmed the success of California's Law for a Smoke-free Workplace (Assembly Bill 13). State Health Director Diana
Bonta, along with leaders of the California Labor Federation AFL-CIO, Hotel & Lodging Association, small businesses and
others celebrate ft eight-year sVcce, s of AB 13 California's most controversial employee protection law and the five-
year anniversary of smoke-free bars.
"The California Labor Federation is proud to have sponsored one of the most sweeping worker health protection measures
ever enacted in California or the United States," said Tom Rankin, president, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. "We
know cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including_ dozens of known human carcinogens. Workers should not
have to choose between their jobs and their health."
"We in California's lodging industry were understandably nervous about the potential detrimental effects a smoking ban
would have on our businesses," said Jim Abrams, executive vice president of the California Motel and Lodging Association.
"But none of the doomsday predictions happened. In fact, tourism in California increased each year following passage of AB
13. We can say with certainty to the rest of the country that a workplace smoking ban is good for the lodging industry."
California s Smoky-Free Workplace Law has bene_fi_ted millions of workers over the past several years by protectn there
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from the deadly effects of secondhand smoke, added Rankin. We hope California serves as an example to other cities U_vV
states and countries that a smoking ban is good for workers, employers and tho .-No.
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"More and more of our hotel and motal members have gone further than the law mandated," added Abrams. "While the law
required only 35 perc t of hotel and motel rooms be non-smoking, most members set aside a much higher percentage due to
customer demand. The fact is that the: vast majority of customers prefer a smoke-free environment."
Echoing statements from eight yews ago, John F. Henning, former executive secretary-treasurer, California Labor
Federation, AFL-CIO, added, "Whw vw true then is still true today: death by cigarette smoke should not be a condition of
employment."
"The tobacco industry tress to scare cur members into thinking their employers would lom business due to the smoking ban,
and that they would lose their jobs," Wd Michael Casey, President, Motel & Restaurant Employees, Local 2, AFL-CIO, of
San Francisco. "I`m proud to say our undon members and many employers saw through these tactics and stood up for the right
to a safe and healthy workplace."
Joseph W. Chern r, President
SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
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