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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0013.295 2002-2004 aul is oa oa:2ap acs s2asa~2 p,l REC~~i~~.~~'i`,;`E '03 JUL0135JU~'f~5y P~ y 15 tour ~ c~E~~~~: Cou OU Hnwnu couN~~ ; ~f Hnv~~u FAX COVER SHEET frax Numtrcr; ~ - ~7 f ~ Date: ~ - ~ ~ •~?L ~ 3 To:~f4./v!-i~ i~-9/~i~/ ..Tlls../c"J /iis'.¢ic-A:j ~ From: ~ L~,v i' ~~N t? f y't- [ ~~n!_l~ Total Pa~c~'Pransmitud: (lucluding cover) M F,SSAC: R,: /'7) S Olin//J T7!-r'~T ANY}T7/ ('/LiJ? !P C' C- G/,c2. l-7' o Nl t:' 2=U /~..JJ //,'?.v JJ L%;~ Comm. Wo. ' Ref. To:~~~o Ref. L'o!e Jul IS 03 04:24p RCS 5249072 p•2 July 15, 2003 Aloha Councilmembers; Below is a copy of an article in the American Cancer Society's recent newsletter. Thank you for allowing me to share it with you...,please remember these true stories (not anectodal!) as you ponder your decision about protecting all workers...which is the right thing to do. Some day it might be a friend or family member telling this story, then you might understand the importance of this legislation. Let's not wait for that to happen. Toni Symons There's a Reason Why You Don't See Too Many Advocates with Lung Cancer Former Waitress eying of Secondhand Smoke Makes Canadian Television Ad ti?1~i4 ~T '_y. . HeathorCrowe Heather Crowe, 57, Hover smoked. But she worketl in a restaurant with a smoking Seetion. Now Heather has lung cancer, Years ago, when Heather began working as a waitress, she didn't know secondhand smoke could damage her health. AS little as 'I S years ago, the tobacco industry said secondhand smoke did no harm, and she felt secure in her workplace. Today. Heather can no longer work, Her livelihood is compromised, her health rs affoctetl, her future is gone. .lul IS 03 04:24p ACS 5249072 p.3 Heather didn't know thdt secondhand smoke could kill you. To see Heather's ad produced for Canadian television, use this link: ~A://www hC-SC gQ.Ca/hP.CS-sesCltobaccolfaC(s/mlltl/fles h a her.html Woman Dying of Lung Cancer from Secondhand Smoke Testifies With Letter to Smoky Restaurant .z~ .a~=; ry':I ~J I ~ H_~ I ~ . ~t~~.,. Alice Helm When Alice Helm's pro-smoking opponents crcato4 anti-Alice buttons to undermine her health advocate efforts, she proudly wore the pin for weeks. Always the Jokester, she even offered to autograph the "Say No to Anti-AIjCe Helm" button for her naysayers. She rOCCived a lot of opposition to her anti-smoking stances. She often went toe-lo-too with major tobacco companies and would OCCaSiOnally receive threatening letters at home, A IifC~~;,y non-smoker, Alice died of lung cancer at her home in Bethesda, Maryland on June 22. Ten days bofore her death, Alice's husband delivered testimony written by Alice to the Montgomery County Council. Testimony to Montgomery County Council, June 12, 2003 This is Alice K. Helm. Most of you know mc. This testimony is in the form of an open lector to Mark Doherty, General Manager of the Anchor Inn restaurant, since it probably will be my last public comments about smoke filled restaurants. There ore severol points I want to make bofore I the to Mr. Doherty, other owners ofsmoke-filled restaurants antl bars, non-supportive Council members, and County Executive Duncan. This is ~n issue of killing people, not whether the Anchor Inn may lose some businOSS. I never smoked. However, for many of my 75 years I inhaled the carcinogens Dorne by secondhand smoke in restaurants such as the Anchor Inn, in elevators, at meetings, on airplanes, fn Stores. Health experts say that's Drobably why I now have fourth-StOgc lung Cancer that also has sproatl elsewhere in my body. Since Mr. Duncan vetoed the smoking ban in restaurants a few ye, rs ago. DrogrosSive states and local jurisdictions have enacted smoke-free legislation such as the bill we passed then in Montgomery County. Those jurisdictions tlid not bee patron flight from their restaurants. Insteod, what they did see was a reduced number of health problems that were duo to the inhalation of Carcinogens that proviously permeated their smoke-f~lletl restaurants. ,lul 15 03 04:25p ACS 52a9072 p.4 Ventilation does not work. Council members, Mr. Duncan antl tobacco companies know this. It is not a compromise. It is a death sentence. It is not Mr. Dohorty's right to poison the air others must breath in ordor to makC a dollar. It is the government's mandate to protect IhC public's health. That's why they inspoc[ restaurants for rats, wntaminated food and certainly the most important should be to prevent ' death from the carcinogens in secondhand smoko. I probably won't be here to enjoy Montgomery County's smoke free restaurants and bars. But ypu will have the chance to see the lives of workers and patrons last longer, And remember. I'll be watching! [Alice Helm died June 22 of lung cancCr. On July 1, the Montgomery County Council passed asmoke- free ordinance. levels Helm, Alice's husband, saitl "Alice wouitl have been proud today."]