But if this sign comes down,
I'm Outta here
Posted on 02/24/2005 12:27:21 PM PST by Calpernia
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"Our mission is to go out and educate and inform everyone about the dangers that tobacco use has not only on the person that uses it, but with secondhand smoke, the community and businesses," said Elizabeth Segarra, the CAT coordinator for Hudson County.
Both Chiappone and Assemblyman Louis Manzo, D-Jersey City, have proposed anti-smoking bills that are pending in the Assembly.
One, which Manzo co-sponsored, would permit municipalities, local boards of health or regional health commissions to prohibit smoking indoors in all public places.
"Politics and what makes sense for public health don't always jibe," Manzo told the crowd of about 25. "But I think we're getting there, and I think a lot of the impetus behind the smoking ban throughout every public place in New Jersey is going to happen."
Manzo also talked about a bill he introduced that would create an early detection and education program to be used for a public information campaign on lung cancer in women. He pointed out that more women in New Jersey succumb to lung cancer than to breast cancer.
Chiappone talked about bills he is co-sponsoring that would limit smoking in cars with passengers under 16 years old, raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 from 18, and prohibit tobacco and alcohol advertising within 500 feet of schools.
According to CAT, 13,000 New Jersey residents die each year from tobacco-related diseases.
Even though New Jersey, and Hudson County in particular, has consistently received low marks on American Cancer Society smoking report cards, yesterday's meeting was the first that CAT's Hudson County chapter has put together in four years.
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Was referring to pushing of the smoking ban.
How, pray tell???
How can thy "ban" something that is LEGAL?
But if this sign comes down,
I'm Outta here
I agree with you - but the proponents have an arguement for that as well.........that with rights come responsibility and some of those responsibilites are restrictions on operating your business.
I kid you not.
Letters, emails, phone calls, folks on the ground in Richmond......
Who the hell do they think they are?
>>>Letters, emails, phone calls, folks on the ground
Not affective when voting systems work for the ones with the money.
We need help.
Any more ideas?
Money is a big problem, believe me I know.
Remember, people pushing these bans get paid to do it and states that pass them get funding for doing so from groups like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to run more anti-something campaigns.
Restaurant and other hospitality trade groups.....especially if they are not controlled by the chains (TGIFriday's, Red Lobster, and the like), local chambers of commerce.
Bars and restaurants near the state line with Delaware and New York...........their businesses have benefited from those bans - this would hurt them.
The car thing is particularly onerous.........I'm at a loss as to what to tell you on that one.
As was said earlier - this is a private property rights issue, and while with running a business there are rules and regulations that must be followed - this is changing the rules AFTER the game has started.
I'm very unfamiliar with New Jersey politics and it's legislative process.
If you've got some specific questions or could get me a link to read the proposal I'll be more than happy to see what I can do .............but I suggest that you do so via FReepmail.......my postings on smoking threads are frequently monitored by some anti-smokers I've tangled with over the years.
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