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iv: Cvum:il Chairman lames Y. Arakaki
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FROM: Serene Silverman-KecstlC. Sub-Teacher and volunieel' for Nutrition and physical Aetivit}•
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RE: WRITT&N 1'ESTIMUNY TN SUPPOR`I.OF A1L4 2601NCLCTDINCr BARS RELATINC+ TO
Smpking in Co+'laiu Plans In nc~ ('ounly of l Inwaii
Wctlncaday. July 2-. ZOOM
My name is Serene Silverman-Kacsur and T strongly sttppurt 81112(10 which wriuld effectively pmhibit
smoking in all workplaces, recognizing the importance f)P VI(OVIUINCi A SAI'L•' WORKING
ENVTR.UNMfiNT FOR ALL F.MPLOYGFS, TNCLCTItTNG THOSE OF BARS WTTO ARG EXPOSED TO
'1'FiE HIGHEST LEVET S OF S£CONDIiAND SMOKF.
I work Ns a sub-teacher anti as a voluntccr Lbr the Nutrition and physical Activity Coalition with. the Rcpt.
Of Nealth. We mua all understand that this 13111 is not abrnrt smpkerc. It's about people's riGht tamokers
and non-Smoker>) In breath in clean air, 1 Strirke to a bar rtwner in Portland, Maine. GOOrgc T3munlas of
Captain Nick's. Ht: Bald. "at first, !was not for it There w•as a 5°.o dmp in business for a couple of mnntlu
M.t[ then Iusiness increased by :5ui6 and yes, many more patrons who are non-smokers are coming intp the
bar. "11 is b6t(cr firr cvcrvtme. ]t was xlwrtys pretty smoky in here and now it is hCldthicr I~x cvcrwnc•'.
Another bar: Buttertly' in S.F.. Moonset Kirk said, "up and down business but tttnv it has increased 2rlu/o
with many nun-smokers People coma in Rpm our ol'Inwrr and want. to know if it is a smoke-fi~oe place.
We say yes and then they sery. "ok. we'll stay " Ry axempting bars, we arc still glamorizing smoking and
n,.r prmnding the social supports neeAOd to tell youth char it's nor okay to smoke.
fiv ezemlaing hors, we are not Iidly lit2hlin>; the war pn iCC -drug free moans tobacco free IgaLeway drains
to other illicit drugs). Yutrth between the ages of 12-17 yours old who had cmokect in [he Past 30 days were
? times more likely rp have consumed alcohol, N limes more likely rn have snmked marijuana and 22 rimes
more likc)y io have usal wcainc when c:umparc:d Iv those who had not smoktd cigarcttcs. NT).4, National
Household Survey nn Dru ;Abuse, 1985, `"This is one of the few early warning signs we have in public
berth h If we cArr prCvent rnb:u:rxt use a in the first. place, w¢ might have a lyig impact. on prevCnling or
dcla.yine a host ot•Wher dcstTUG(ivc bchavrors ampng our young people" Form4r Surgcem Gcnrr<d Joyar
glAers,
MORE THAN 72°/u OF Big island residents think smoking should be prohibited in ell places including
bars. In 1 r.CJt 'I nday. +ntdy 7n°i, nfpeople stay away from places tike bars because of the smoke- this
rupnacnts more euslomOrst MORE THAN 75^a OF TIlE COMM. LiNiTY does not smoke, and by
cXemptinl. bars. you are carel7n{; ro a small urottp of ptx>ple/busincases.
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