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RE: WRITTEN TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF BILL 260 BOUNTY .;1=~j-~yy~1
Relating To Smoking In Certain Places In The County Of Hawaii
Wednesday. July 2, 2003
I appreciate the fear bar owners are facing as Bill 260 is close at hand.
however their fears and views of freedom are misplaced. All they have to
do is read about the results of similar smoke free laws in other states to
know that even bars and restaurants that are now smoke free have not
lost business. Are they unaware that the majority of the population are
non-smokers wha would be happy to frequent a bar if it were not so
smoke-filled? The bottom line is that customers should have a healthy,
smoke-free environment when in any public establishment.
However, another issue here is LONG TERM HEALTH PROTECTION FOR ALL
WORKERS. Employees of bars should not be viewed as second class
citizens that do not deserve protection. Besides bar employees,
protection is deserved by delivery persons, equipment installers, cable
company workers, postal workers, and other workers who must enter the
establishment In the course of their employment. Workers who get
repeatedly exposed to second hand smoke get a virtual death sentence,
or at the very least, a future of chronic disease.
I'm a veteran nurse of over 40 years land a Pulmonary Clinical Nurse
Specialist), and I've seen too many die from smoking-related diseases who
lived with smokers or worked in smoke-filled environments. It's not a pretty
picture. We'd all like to live in paradise, but we don't want to die
prematurely in paradise.
Faith Rosman, NiN, RN
Kailua-Kona
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