HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0746.057 2000-2002
Testimony For the Hawaii County Council
(Smoking Ban to to-u is and Bars)
November -2-6, 2M
Ladies and e _lonerd of the County Council I ttank you for this opportunity to testify on the bill
dl t would ban mwking in restaurants in Hawaii Co-,m ty. I bet ve you °v la be s mzed at Ow
nfo mtioe. I € naged to uwo er cswr the D AA few weeks, First I would lie you to understand
that Ira may not bs the {test tack in the box, if I were pcftps I would not be a %mk , but I
tciie,~T I 1ha c so vsly$ bl points to m2ke never the less. I reps n only yse directly, but
f i tly 3T% of our county pulatio . I cwt compete with d ;anti_.tob co ca'mo a of
gownumnt e ats, or the l rge public funded egemks that I s required to fund =M bout
rep nta,t=o n I urge you to thoroughly research infor Lion this huge conglc~mrate provides
you, it is ruostly subw-f c and lim
Our coin-munity= is suppo d to refimt the spirit of alloha, where we each care for, protect %A
tovc one mother, rcgmdTess of our roods or bele. Yet, you have before you a bill that would
rMfairly discriminate sgeins one tad of our cite v th no to iest or scientific basis, - I'd
venture to guess there is otb r = sufflable group our comet ity that tk Council Tovould
comider peliAng, odw ft n s kegs.
Like r nest snmkers I'd tear to adapt to the punitive tees, Want discrimination, being
required to smoke by tom; garbage cams and suffering on long haul sir i fiights. I've been
blarwd for hiu comer €a nor-smokem, poor air quality in airplane-, a buildings and an
increaw in c klhood ham, With €A t I`~=c kwned mA ar=d kh facts I wM : longer take
ft rap for goverment s pub .fmdd organizations distortion of f ts., collusion, d€ tor€i€ n
and outright lies,
I've put together b r dj r h astounds i .fora tion that cotes avast nisrepresent,"Itiou of
facts, . °ol-viu supp . ion of morn ti€ n, pulstion of data and del tion of court oafs
that -,would mac Enron Took like a uk day School Picnic. I ve made this avail b for all of
you to ztn iev€ vm. b_ the a desstandi ft t it shall returned to me when you are through- I'm
sorry that I don't have i;1 r;mourocs of the large publicly= funded mtti-tobacco organWitions to
of r each of you a pormnal copy. Nyoraflwlcss, p a take the tam, to rep w the vxious,
docur uts as they ray well ream out to you "'conspiracy."
R~Iy tcstiay oily t~cl o fc=° of t hihlil: coedd in. this hinder. I have co to
belies it would be mom appropriate for the Council to € c sn-p- kin in all outdoor and
u sed di wing new than to i it. is all restawm..M Here's why.
In 196 whcn. the Surgeon General &W, the open-i€ volley is this war, as was done vmi pout facts
or studies to back it up. 1111986 the National Academy of Sciences, without benefA of statistical
data, jumped or board and r~~ ded u sr ki ban can all coo, m cieu do t : bts.
Tsen in 1999 our Congress wiftw. bEmefit of low or :mu- bwmed s.wkin on dou stic flights
of six hours or less. In X000 all flights to and from U.S. destinatio became smoke free,
T a i s went ;Hong'~suw ti rc _ economic ircontrve; if kc s v banned from
ffights They ~=ohald no lope l" ve to awbange cabin air every 3 minutes and could exchange it
every 7 Minutes. INTO.
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Ref. To:
Ref. Date NOV 2 6 D0-2
This was a hi c fuel sa o s for the airlines. The next gemratiou of <*craft, will sport seaLod
shins and no itr exch~ e 3=gill uk-c p1 mm from take-off to landing gar less of the, lepgth of the
1 ht, Now, as youmW hx ,,vaq the lk tim you took a lorkg- caul t : ht and didn't get sick?
Could inadequate vavul.-~{ion cam~i g your illness?
Tbc U.S. yep rt m of Tra rtatiop and National A do y of Sciences released a -study of
airline uahiu air gml1t-y in 1997. It coded th am domestic, aircrew fly 4w 960 hours for
20 ycars night resul€ in 4 promture +:lm every 20 years due to Env o mermal W ,o
die em,-h20 years prerebrely dace
Smoke (TS). The wd_ 3bryu idtr'ied. rxy 24 mig
to cosmic radiat m My is nothing booing done but the greater th ' t to h-ea€th wnd afbty9
precis;Oy becaasc kel cc. would baboon out of A& by requking comracial <ircra~ to - ly at
lower alt ades.
I fore ving on to restaurants, I ed you to mder9mid that tarry well intentioned, but
misio€b:am i dhvid at~ -:iAll he; a i> upon yon. _at his hear€ , rwst of whro.h do not exist,
have be urauipuleted or arc o t &:li . By the term: they are thrcuo, you _M n=rl a Plect of
front-mod loader and melbqjim t haul. away the mmure. I hwe no hmsity tow, ard these
individ t w fl my hme been d,,,a d by holy= aMiance among wij mviag gove nt and
public Amled organjma it but try me wrong!
You'll be told 3,000 pc,~ple. .4 year dim from lung care caused by ITS. This ways is 'tom day
one, when EPA pubYli~h3ad it in 1993. Iii the etc 1980s the EPA contracted with a p&ate
con-cults t to ady STS ;end lung cam- r to &temim, w1 l r or not it -was a problm The
cot ulta; reported tbat one was, 8 times more 11-0y to die of hen canoer if they lived ire a home
with a pet bud Own if dFq lied in a Irma wAb u _ oker and 5 tip more Hkely to die of ImT
cancer if IT -..-,y dr lk iii4: than Irvin -itch a e ker. EPA sat on that report for 2 years and
p dimeach : yew our I1 TS, TUt -mmber
evem'U:slly imamd a repo=,, stating up to 3,000 people .
has bec€rr{ a a tm for r-ti-tob<zo coalitlo i gover mt, gam; 199 a f,;drr 1. div of curt
found ~ in the PA on -,-tstiAical, xckm i c, ethical and legal -ount mid ;hval da O
1993 s dy. The, e deci- n has not been o rtu }:1 by appeal. Io. other words-, ft-, 3,000 deaths a
year yYc3r` does not rE:>. by COu-4 order, yet f oral encics mid publ€oly funded organizations
eonti pum to -m, it, very pr€rbnhly in -vo ation of tlu,- cmirt order. The fs t ~ th t No govenmi rrt
agency hs m ever been ai`flc to ide ify e~mn one lung cancer death due, to ITS.
Anothu mimber you may l -r is co hand sruo e kills 53,000 each y um 111,1orc thin cocaine,
cr .eL; lwroio, homicide, s i-;ide, car Heiden % €c ar AIDS end that is ar. outs t :t Hz. The
Centers for Ui;s~eme Control 3 litre €:1w ten leadim emus ofdeOh for 1998 and 1999 does not
even list -in g, much Irm any E TS deaths. TNt ba ss for that number was Startty fn Glantz.
The sum Ckl nt7 that pa:nleip cd ft udulent EPA report € r. ET S' and lmg cancer. Giant?,,
bcre tad 53,000 fig-ures using wsound scientific grid st till thodb .
lE imethodology was so unor-l dog that one of Ms subordinates accu> d him of ly,
propa arr4d:=stie -tortiom" No sp a' agency I m, cv<er opted or mid tl oulua coos nwn r°s
that Wirtz "created,';
T-hc Amdc n Cater Society and its allies have crubraced 1 number and corlti up to use it
even though they know it to be unfounded and untrw.
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You'll be told that a:rfi--mmking laws have been good for restaurants in California and hostess
is up. cil, just lit math hark Aftt of the California ResMurmit Association announced
that since Passage of Om ti-,mm =:i g law, restau€ats there have ~Wdcr€ d, as ave,,rage 3
peers rovlh rate ar€maily. The rest: of the coin wherc smiting is b ,-ical mfloweat i
restaurar" expem d an av mge 6 percent growth rate. Once r Stanton Glantz raid his
ugly head in Califbmi% }.>lai i lhat moking b ixs had been good f-or bu* s. Dr. Michael K.
ENS a respmad sco t ist a l a oa-mo cr wcus Glantz of m,-repre nfi g dates Evans
d his ov~-n study and cor ded that if draconian apt€Tsmking lam=s W not been rmsed i
California, it would be cN=tcd 11W today tyre wo ki be 1,036 mrc dine-in restam ants than
there are.
The story is the sae ail:. across the country, where full smking, ban-, han.e been euaetcd business
down by daub digit, tips are dowm~ job lossca live occurred mW busims s hNive clo;,c&
CaHforai$,. saw a 49~'a km, in jobs total berms, wem enacted and a 31 percent decli where
stna amt ,,;mkiu,„ res emfl s pa re applied. aswhusetts (severe or X11 s U bans 23
conmmW ) empmi ~ml e:€€:.avere 23 percent ~oa~ oftl it ~l rest~~~~raat;~~b bay. Ln the
Under I have loaned to the Comml you A] find 14 page oftosti i-Ag from €ndiviftaLs d
bushy-ss that have Wid tkit laves ru M by a i : ki & laws. 110 tab i;, limed a~ ~Tcrs omw'
and if you rem oth:ia elr in, thls binder pleas rcad this to understand w,-mt a devwstating
Tact ovc ymt intervention can lea vc on people:.
You 1 Ml told tat chh€l rev's (up ?to gage 15) asthma. on the r le to ETS. If this '%vere true
the imideacc of c ldren's asthm o-uld declining along with ft- peree take of tlw
population thy-t jimk , Actimlly d reverse is t me, with t run*er of hospital dischar es for
child-Tem's mettle s sl--y mkmfin a-. the Pura of Chow smi d it l;
Yc~ % of slrokcrs po ukdio 9 hospital diw r es Child Astb a
1970 39 33,000
1980 33 124,000
1990 76-1 159,000
You w;ill be told that ETS disperses equally throughout an elosl spatie. This also a.
bricatoa and as you °cll: know the closer one is to a soaker the more obvious it is that he or
she is commie a cig rate, d r car ;king a pipe, Fom€ tely, M. h idNel R. Fox., 8.
cheauist whh. the hkXnde . fum I ink wood and. FerM h dog corm mbia d research in
lhh ama that not only re tca tX sts € t dispersal tl ry, but goes on. to shDw that E TS is -not s
l alth hammmd in c lm d. spaces4 n Fox co hWed that i . a scaled 20 foot by 20 foot room
m' h a. 9 foot 11:io. C04 w' Vh ventilation it would : take pher€oer hl raga of smlzcrs to
remb. the damn threANAd. level,,- for the toxic or ears it enic s b mmes. in cigarette smoke.
O exan pk would b- e for Hydrssquinone, where 300 ti&]y eked maple would t me to
oke 62 peaks ofci ardtes, each liar to reach danger thrcshold.
Adding windows, doors er a3equale van ilation would M- Am attaining tbrcahold lclmis al ost
impossible. Dr. Fox c lod that ET'S has f or a- politer gather the se utifc =~"N'goat
I ed
for loony v €tilated, hermtkally sealed, energy-efckW bu ding e le ply re-di TCU at
and poorly filtered air.
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Dr. Fox goes orw to state that if buildings r designed to accommd tc smokers, air quality
Would inevitably improve for a11, since fresh air exchanges could be i red and
hiocot i ants,such as : f w a, fimgi, Ni s, algae, mmebac, & afite and coy roa h faces,
pollen, ou:M dfluac& Toxin-, from l din amd i 14 oFm c emka h~, clearers, cooking,
etc. coed. eA. aust rfaher thm-. de€luateb, f1hered and r-circ leted.
This is exady tb point I ade earlier about * quality aircraft, I &W it extremly
interesting tha ive w-ver heard . abo1 toxic mold goy c w t Ni building; until required :mok-m to 1'g0 and try ft tr>sshcam" I think ~e nwd to a* okume es that if milers
are limned from, rest ur : s will toxic ml s develop as try Im. ve in I tel: and der'sO buildings
due to imedeqmto air c-hW? Ifthis w c to O war following a mma i g,,, m i restau i is
%-Ai t m Am l i y li nh for tho co vy and indi-Mml Coil gm t°s for mating flee
public hi~~h hm rd? If tm'~ hrt15~zrc is t become um and we aVegencc double digit declims in
res UTa t loo r a , as I= happ= d eb'ery where ai&snwking laws h i vc been e acwd, what
thm is the lc . l 1 ab-9y hr Comwd m d c my for dcc1nWm tl d my?
Irad an. Gentlemen of the Council- you were elected to resent all of ti r,- of this
cotmty, jW the 30 prce t of us gr o mvke. You Ac ld bavesom understanding of
aie fr>ccd : of cl m, capmially where th e is n Public lilt t ma' Pie €ewgnbb~ that
those; ,A& w : he do w by legally pu haahq a co€.uner product and I -in it R- t' the P'J
zndc. Also rt l that diszhkiog mthio and being th k-fed by it are t-w-o entirely
dim thi a. M d o i port mlyy I-w that therearz big d€ Rms i unfl-to cwzo and that
con& eraw h m-, :fed to as all for ~T=s to their rap t,
I irVlorc ycm ft str Wst po ssih tum. s to leavc tlx:€s issue alo , tole the V AI aM let the
uor etpl ce determi what i, rights Fak and just to acco m*date b 9t their moki g end on-
gm io cl; tele, If so can't do ft t, t le t he fsir, to t 30 penes of our county population
that dogs oke =4 maa l at ftt 30 parc t of enclosed rc gaw t y eti be set- -s€de for
kegs in Whim to allow ag sm-I in i A u e losed dining ms,
3~~ you again for coraidc= my vwws on this ice.
Kcith King
73-994 A i wa Stmt
Kaffim-Kom, I:;@ 96740
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