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Flickr photo courtesy of kristib2pea Candidates for the Ward 5 Council seat received grades ranging from âAâ to âFâ after filling out a Smokefree DC questionnaire that asked about everything from their willingness to support smokefree parks to how they would handle a query from a constituent grappling with secondhand smoke intrusion [...] Secondhand smoke costs the state of Indiana $1.3 billion – yes, billion with a “b” — per year, a new study shows. The study, by Indiana University’s School of Medicine, comes as the state considers enacting a smokefree workplace law. Clearly, it should. The numbers alone are staggering – the cost of secondhand smoke amounts to $201 [...] On the bright side, the huge exemption to the smokefree workplaces law just got just smaller. The D.C. Council today approved a measure that would limit it to two events per year: Fight Night (a charity fundraiser) and the annual event held by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, to which Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) [...] Here’s another silver lining to the day’s events: ANC 3F, whose treasurer is by Bob Summersgill, a member of Smokefree DC’s board, passed a resolution tonight opposing the Council’s weakening of the smokefree law. Here is the text: Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F Resolution opposing the Special Event Exemption for Cigar Smoking Whereas, the Surgeon General has determined* [...] Today, Smokefree DC sent the following letter to Councilmember David Catania (At Large), chair of the city’s health committee, and ccd the mayor and D.C. Council. Note that the legislation introduced recently by Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) would apply to dozens of hotels, permitting dozens of exemptions to the smokefree workplaces law annually. This is [...] |
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