From JoeCherner-announce-fail-104250@smokefree.net Fri Jun 18 06:19:51 2004 Return-Path: Received: from mxfs.nettally.com (mxfs.nettally.com [199.44.114.227]) by nexus.polaris.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5IAJolH001832 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:19:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gateway3.nettally.com [199.44.114.226] by mxfs.nettally.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.03) id A1C4363300C2; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:19:48 -0400 Received: from mail.smokefree.net (64.106.159.60) by gateway3.nettally.com (Alligate(TM) SMTP Gateway v1.4.612.2) with ESMPT id for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:19:43 -0500 Received: (qmail 39565 invoked for bounce); 18 Jun 2004 10:19:41 -0000 Received: from cancun.smokefreedc.org (HELO cancun.smokefreedc.org) (209.8.58.11) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:19:41 -0400 Received: from 64.106.159.60 [64.106.159.60] (HELO mail.smokefree.net) by cancun.smokefreedc.org (inFusion Mail Server Professional v2.4.6) with ESMTP id 98922C761E06494B98E2BE7DF69CD786 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:46:15 -0400 Received: (qmail 29679 invoked by alias); 18 Jun 2004 06:44:34 -0000 Delivered-To: JoeCherner-announce@smokefree.net Received: (qmail 29670 invoked for bounce); 18 Jun 2004 06:44:34 -0000 Received: from hnrelay.lvcm.net (HELO hnrelay.lvcm.net) (24.234.0.66) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02: 44:34 -0400 Received: from localhost (hnrelay.lvcm.net [127.0.0.1]) by hnrelay.lvcm.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B83A03F6B9 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23: 44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hnrelay.lvcm.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hnrelay.lvcm.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25021-14 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23: 44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gateway200xl (wsip-24-120-100-129.lv.lv.cox.net [24.120.100.129]) by hnrelay.lvcm.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3454E3F6B7 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23: 44:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <13c901c454ff$ab9b1e80$5d647818@gateway200xl> Reply-To: "Joe Cherner" From: "Joe Cherner" To: "Joe Cherner announce list" Subject: [JoeCherner-announce]New York's Leaders Keep New York Smokefree Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:44:14 -0400 Organization: SES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_13C6_01C454DE.247A3C40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at lvcm.net Precedence: bulk X-Listname: JoeCherner-announce List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: X-Alligate: Not subscribed X-Declude-Status: Waiting for activation code Status: RO This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_13C6_01C454DE.247A3C40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable New York's Leaders Keep New York Smokefree Parts excerpted from New York Newsday, 6/17/04 ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York State legislative leaders said Thursday they = favor keeping New York smokefree and oppose attempts by two upstate = legislators to introduce exemptions for bars equipped with air = filtration systems.=20 "Why would you want to undo something that is in the public's best = interest?" asked Senate Republican Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who has = become an increasingly vocal opponent of smoking.=20 In addition to the exemption for air-filtrated bars, the amendment = proposed by state Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, D-Oneida, and Sen. = Raymond Meier, R-Oneida, would permit smoking in separately ventilated = rooms in billiard parlors and bowling alleys.=20 Bruno's counterpart in the state Assembly, Democratic Speaker Sheldon = Silver, said he also opposed weakening the smokefree workplace law. "I = think the law works well. Period," said Silver.=20 Bruno said the motivation for the smokefree law remains the same: to = prevent people from smoking in the workplace and exposing others to = their smoke. "Cigarettes kill people," Bruno said. "Cigarettes make = people sick."=20 Elizabeth Miller, CEO of the American Lung Association of New York = state, said her group is delighted at the high-level opposition in = Albany to creating new exemptions to the smokefree workplace law.=20 "The dangers of second-hand smoke are irrefutable and well established," = she said. "Since the law took effect almost a year ago, predictions of = doom and gloom from opponents and the tobacco industry have not = materialized."=20 New York State's smokefree workplace law went into effect last July. = One year sales tax data will become available soon and is expected to = show a financially healthy hospitality industry. The data is also = expected to show an increase in industry employment. New York City, = which went smokefree four months before New York State, released healthy = sales tax data earlier this year. To win smokefree air where YOU live, go to = http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php Joseph W. Cherner "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the=20 world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0ATo unsubscri= be kermit@polaris.net, send any email to=0D=0A uns-102-104250-@smokefree.net=0D=0A= ------=_NextPart_000_13C6_01C454DE.247A3C40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
New York's Leaders = Keep New York=20 Smokefree
 
Parts excerpted from New = York Newsday,=20 6/17/04
 
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York State = legislative=20 leaders said Thursday they favor keeping New York smokefree and oppose = attempts=20 by two upstate legislators to introduce exemptions for bars = equipped with=20 air filtration systems.

"Why would you want to undo something = that is in=20 the public's best interest?" asked Senate Republican Majority Leader = Joseph=20 Bruno, who has become an increasingly vocal opponent of smoking. =
 
In addition to the exemption for = air-filtrated=20 bars, the amendment proposed by state Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, = D-Oneida, and=20 Sen. Raymond Meier, R-Oneida, would permit smoking in separately = ventilated=20 rooms in billiard parlors and bowling alleys.

Bruno's = counterpart in the=20 state Assembly, Democratic Speaker Sheldon Silver, said he also opposed=20 weakening the smokefree workplace law.  "I think the law works = well.=20 Period," said Silver.

Bruno said the motivation for the = smokefree law=20 remains the same: to prevent people from smoking in the workplace and = exposing=20 others to their smoke.  "Cigarettes kill people," Bruno said. = "Cigarettes=20 make people sick."

Elizabeth Miller, CEO of the American Lung=20 Association of New York state, said her group is delighted at the = high-level=20 opposition in Albany to creating new exemptions to the smokefree = workplace law.=20

"The dangers of second-hand smoke are irrefutable and well = established,"=20 she said. "Since the law took effect almost a year ago, predictions of = doom and=20 gloom from opponents and the tobacco industry have not materialized."=20
New York State's smokefree = workplace law=20 went into effect last July.  One year sales tax data will become=20 available soon and is expected to show a financially healthy = hospitality=20 industry.  The data is also expected to show an increase in = industry=20 employment.  New York City, which went smokefree four months = before=20 New York State, released healthy sales tax data earlier this = year.
 
To win smokefree air where YOU live, go = to=20 http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php
 
Joseph W. Cherner
"Never doubt that a small = group of=20 thoughtful citizens can change the
world.  Indeed, it's the = only thing=20 that ever has."    Margaret=20 Mead
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=0D=0ATo unsubscribe kermit@polaris.net, send any = email to=0D=0Auns-102-104250= -@smokefree.net ------=_NextPart_000_13C6_01C454DE.247A3C40-- From JoeCherner-announce-fail-104250@smokefree.net Sun Jun 20 16:29:58 2004 Return-Path: Received: from mxfs.nettally.com (mxfs.nettally.com [199.44.114.227]) by nexus.polaris.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5KKTvCV025018 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:29:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gateway1.nettally.com [199.44.114.221] by mxfs.nettally.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.03) id A3C3A3270144; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:29:55 -0400 Received: from mail.smokefree.net (64.106.159.60) by gateway1.nettally.com (Alligate(TM) SMTP Gateway v1.4.612.2) with ESMPT id <8841AA4F8AF1A092.991DB255B9A5F5B0@gateway1.nettally.com> for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:29:35 -0500 Received: (qmail 16024 invoked for bounce); 20 Jun 2004 20:29:34 -0000 Received: from cancun.smokefreedc.org (HELO cancun.smokefreedc.org) (209.8.58.11) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:29:34 -0400 Received: from 64.106.159.60 [64.106.159.60] (HELO mail.smokefree.net) by cancun.smokefreedc.org (inFusion Mail Server Professional v2.4.6) with ESMTP id 8987005F4A286840AECBB4E1E8F012C1 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:28:07 -0400 Received: (qmail 7568 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2004 17:25:48 -0000 Delivered-To: JoeCherner-announce@smokefree.net Received: (qmail 7559 invoked for bounce); 20 Jun 2004 17:25:48 -0000 Received: from mercury.he.net (HELO mercury.he.net) (216.218.171.2) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13: 25:48 -0400 Received: from gateway200xl (vsat-148-63-32-59.c001.g4.mrt.starband.net [148.63.32.59]) by mercury.he.net (8.8.6p2003-03-31/8.8.2) with SMTP id KAA07020 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 10:25:38 -0700 Message-ID: <04a901c456eb$9e03d0d0$c747000a@gateway200xl> Reply-To: "Joe Cherner" From: "Joe Cherner" To: "Joe Cherner announce list" Subject: [JoeCherner-announce]Romney Signs Smokefree Workplace Law Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:14:54 -0400 Organization: SES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_049C_01C456C8.93D8E690" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Precedence: bulk X-Listname: JoeCherner-announce List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: X-Alligate: Not subscribed X-Declude-Status: Waiting for activation code Status: RO This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_049C_01C456C8.93D8E690 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Romney Signs Smokefree Workplace Law Massachusetts Becomes 6th Smokefree Workplace State Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed a statewide smokefree = workplace law yesterday, clearing the air in all workplaces, including = restaurants, bars, and clubs beginning July 5. Smokefree workplace laws = had already been adopted in about 100 cities and towns in Massachusetts, = including Boston.=20 Massachusetts joins five other states -- New York, Connecticut, Maine, = Delaware, and California -- that already provide clean air in the = workplace.=20 Supporters of the new law say it will improve the health of workers by = protecting them from diseases caused by tobacco smoke. "Smokefree = workplace legislation is a matter of respect and dignity for workers," = says Joe Cherner, founder of BREATHE-- Bar and Restaurant Employees = Advocating Together for a Healthy Environment. "All workers deserve a = safe work environment, free of cancer-causing toxins." Opponents have said bars and restaurants in border communities could = lose business to neighboring states that don't have smoking bans, but = that has never happened elsewhere. If anything, the opposite has = happened. Cities like Lake Tahoe which span across two states = (California and Nevada) provide a good example. To win smokefree air, go to http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php Joseph W. Cherner "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the=20 world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0ATo unsubscri= be kermit@polaris.net, send any email to=0D=0A uns-102-104250-@smokefree.net=0D=0A= ------=_NextPart_000_049C_01C456C8.93D8E690 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Romney Signs = Smokefree=20 Workplace Law
Massachusetts Becomes 6th Smokefree = Workplace=20 State
 
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed a statewide smokefree = workplace law yesterday, clearing the air in all workplaces, = including=20 restaurants, bars, and clubs beginning July 5.  Smokefree workplace laws had already = been=20 adopted in about 100 cities and towns in Massachusetts, including = Boston.=20

Massachusetts joins five other = states -- New=20 York, Connecticut, Maine, Delaware, and California -- that already = provide clean=20 air in the workplace.

Supporters of the new law say it = will=20 improve the health of workers by protecting them from diseases = caused=20 by tobacco smoke.  "Smokefree workplace legislation is a = matter of=20 respect and dignity for workers," says Joe Cherner, founder of BREATHE-- = Bar and=20 Restaurant Employees Advocating Together for a Healthy = Environment.  "All=20 workers deserve a safe work environment, free of cancer-causing = toxins."

Opponents have said bars and = restaurants in=20 border communities could lose business to neighboring states that don't = have=20 smoking bans, but that has never happened elsewhere.  If anything, = the=20 opposite has happened.  Cities like Lake Tahoe which span across = two states=20 (California and Nevada) provide a good example.

To win smokefree air, go to http://www.smokefree.net/ale= rts.php

 
Joseph W. Cherner
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful = citizens can=20 change the
world.  Indeed, it's the only thing that ever=20 has."    Margaret = Mead
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=0D=0ATo unsubscribe kermit@polaris.net, send any = email to=0D=0Auns-102-104250= -@smokefree.net ------=_NextPart_000_049C_01C456C8.93D8E690-- From JoeCherner-announce-fail-104250@smokefree.net Tue Jun 22 03:00:53 2004 Return-Path: Received: from mxfs.nettally.com (mxfs.nettally.com [199.44.114.227]) by nexus.polaris.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5M70qPq020247 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:00:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gateway1.nettally.com [199.44.114.221] by mxfs.nettally.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.03) id A92333AE010C; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:00:51 -0400 Received: from mail.smokefree.net (64.106.159.60) by gateway1.nettally.com (Alligate(TM) SMTP Gateway v1.4.612.2) with ESMPT id <969D77286FAF804D.81F58487B4CDDBF0@gateway1.nettally.com> for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:00:43 -0500 Received: (qmail 42514 invoked for bounce); 22 Jun 2004 07:00:42 -0000 Received: from cancun.smokefreedc.org (HELO cancun.smokefreedc.org) (209.8.58.11) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:00:42 -0400 Received: from 64.106.159.60 [64.106.159.60] (HELO mail.smokefree.net) by cancun.smokefreedc.org (inFusion Mail Server Professional v2.4.6) with ESMTP id 37859655C723484E9E0CB964811E3D14 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:38:10 -0400 Received: (qmail 40651 invoked by alias); 22 Jun 2004 03:36:16 -0000 Delivered-To: joecherner-announce@smokefree.net Received: (qmail 40642 invoked for bounce); 22 Jun 2004 03:36:16 -0000 Received: from rly-ip05.mx.aol.com (HELO rly-ip05.mx.aol.com) (64.12.138.9) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23: 36:16 -0400 Received: from smtp-dtc03.proxy.aol.com (smtp-dtc03.proxy.aol.com [205.188.118.18]) by rly-ip05.mx.aol.com (v98.19) with ESMTP id RELAYIN8-940d7a8f990; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:35:21 -0400 Received: from gateway200xl (AC828488.ipt.aol.com [172.130.132.136]) by smtp-dtc03.proxy.aol.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id i5M3Z1xd024944 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03: 35:11 GMT Message-ID: <0cf201c45809$ec0420e0$8a47abac@gateway200xl> Reply-To: "Joe Cherner" From: "Joe Cherner" To: "Joe Cherner announce list" Subject: [JoeCherner-announce]Rhode Island House Votes 61-0 for Clean Indoor Air Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:16:38 -0400 Organization: SES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0B7A_01C457E5.CDB2C930" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.40 X-Apparently-From: SESIncorp@aol.com X-AOL-IP: 205.188.118.18 Precedence: bulk X-Listname: JoeCherner-announce List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: X-Alligate: Not subscribed X-Declude-Status: Waiting for activation code Status: RO This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0B7A_01C457E5.CDB2C930 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rhode Island House Votes 61-0 for Clean Indoor Air Senate likely to vote soon making Rhode Island 7th smokefree workplace = state Parts excerpted from The Day, 6/21/04 On Thursday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted 61-0 in = favor of legislation that would clear the air in virtually every public = place and workplace, including bars, restaurants, malls, health-care = facilities, schools, and public transportation waiting areas. The Rhode = Island Senate must still approve the measure, which is in its Committee = on Health and Human Services.=20 If passed, the law would mostly take effect March 1, 2005. Bars and = nonprofit organizations, such as Knights of Columbus or Veterans of = Foreign Wars, would have an extra year to comply.=20 Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri said he favored smokefree workplace = legislation and is expected to sign such a bill when it reaches his = desk. Six states-- California, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Maine, and = Massachusetts-- have passed smokefree workplace legislation for all = workers (including office, restaurant, bar, bingo, bowling, nightclub, = and casino workers).=20 To win smokefree air where YOU live, go to = http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php Joseph W. Cherner "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the=20 world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0ATo unsubscri= be kermit@polaris.net, send any email to=0D=0A uns-102-104250-@smokefree.net=0D=0A= ------=_NextPart_000_0B7A_01C457E5.CDB2C930 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Rhode Island = House Votes=20 61-0 for Clean Indoor Air
Senate likely to vote soon making Rhode = Island 7th=20 smokefree workplace state
 
Parts excerpted from The Day,=20 6/21/04

On Thursday, the Rhode Island House of = Representatives=20 voted 61-0 in favor of legislation that would clear the air in virtually = every=20 public place and workplace, including bars, restaurants, malls, = health-care=20 facilities, schools, and public transportation waiting areas.  The = Rhode=20 Island Senate must still approve the measure, which is in its Committee = on=20 Health and Human Services.

If passed, the law would mostly take effect March 1, = 2005. =20 Bars and nonprofit organizations, such as Knights of Columbus or = Veterans=20 of Foreign Wars, would have an extra year to comply.

Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri said he favored smokefree = workplace=20 legislation and is expected to sign such a bill when it reaches his = desk.
 
Six states-- California, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Maine, = and=20 Massachusetts-- have passed smokefree workplace legislation for all = workers=20 (including office, restaurant, bar, bingo, bowling, nightclub, and = casino=20 workers). 

To win smokefree air where YOU live, go to http://www.smokefree.net/ale= rts.php
 
Joseph W. Cherner
"Never doubt that a small = group of=20 thoughtful citizens can change the
world.  Indeed, it's the = only thing=20 that ever has."    Margaret=20 Mead
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=0D=0ATo unsubscribe kermit@polaris.net, send any = email to=0D=0Auns-102-104250= -@smokefree.net ------=_NextPart_000_0B7A_01C457E5.CDB2C930-- From JoeCherner-announce-fail-104250@smokefree.net Fri Jun 25 04:48:46 2004 Return-Path: Received: from mxfs.nettally.com (mxfs.nettally.com [199.44.114.227]) by nexus.polaris.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5P8mjTI018404 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:48:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gateway1.nettally.com [199.44.114.221] by mxfs.nettally.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.03) id A6EC78AB00C2; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:48:44 -0400 Received: from mail.smokefree.net (64.106.159.60) by gateway1.nettally.com (Alligate(TM) SMTP Gateway v1.4.612.2) with ESMPT id for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:48:38 -0500 Received: (qmail 99230 invoked for bounce); 25 Jun 2004 08:48:37 -0000 Received: from cancun.smokefreedc.org (HELO cancun.smokefreedc.org) (209.8.58.11) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:48:37 -0400 Received: from 64.106.159.60 [64.106.159.60] (HELO mail.smokefree.net) by cancun.smokefreedc.org (inFusion Mail Server Professional v2.4.6) with ESMTP id 4ED4F4B420A89945847F0920431DAD34 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:12:30 -0400 Received: (qmail 93441 invoked by alias); 25 Jun 2004 05:10:36 -0000 Delivered-To: joecherner-announce@smokefree.net Received: (qmail 93432 invoked for bounce); 25 Jun 2004 05:10:36 -0000 Received: from rly-ip05.mx.aol.com (HELO rly-ip05.mx.aol.com) (64.12.138.9) by mail.smokefree.net (qpsmtpd/0.27.0) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01: 10:36 -0400 Received: from smtp-dtc03.proxy.aol.com (smtp-dtc03.proxy.aol.com [205.188.118.18]) by rly-ip05.mx.aol.com (v98.19) with ESMTP id RELAYIN1-240dbb3ab3b1; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:10:03 -0400 Received: from gateway200xl (AC869A8A.ipt.aol.com [172.134.154.138]) by smtp-dtc03.proxy.aol.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id i5P59taW014655 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05: 09:56 GMT Message-ID: <10f901c45a72$a731b200$8a9a86ac@gateway200xl> Reply-To: "Joe Cherner" From: "Joe Cherner" To: "Joe Cherner announce list" Subject: [JoeCherner-announce]Rhode Island Senate Votes 30-0 For Smokefree Workplace Law Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:08:10 -0400 Organization: SES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_10C9_01C45A50.E1BF9850" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.40 X-Apparently-From: SESIncorp@aol.com X-AOL-IP: 205.188.118.18 Precedence: bulk X-Listname: JoeCherner-announce List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: X-Alligate: Not subscribed X-Declude-Status: Waiting for activation code Status: O This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_10C9_01C45A50.E1BF9850 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rhode Island Senate Votes 30-0 For Smokefree Law Rhode Island becomes nation's 7th smokefree workplace state Parts excerpted from the Pawtucket Times, 6/24/04 PROVIDENCE -- After years of dying in committee, a bill to eliminate = smoking in restaurants, bars and virtually all public areas and = workplaces passed the Rhode Island Senate 30-0. Some private clubs and = small neighborhood bars would have an extra year to comply.=20 Smokefree advocates celebrated in the Statehouse Rotunda after the vote, = presenting bouquets of balloons to Sosnowski and House Majority Leader = Gordon Fox, who introduced a similar bill on the House side.=20 "We've known for generations that secondhand smoke is a killer," Fox = said after the vote. "This is a resounding yes that Rhode Island cares = about its workers and secondhand smoke should not be in these places." "Anyone who wanted to work in a smoke-free worksite got it in this = bill," cheered Nicholas Oliver, director of advocacy for the American = Heart Association of Rhode Island.=20 "We made history today in Rhode Island," Sosnowski boasted. "I feel = good for workers."=20 Margaret Kane of the American Lung Association, who says she has been = lobbying the General Assembly for smokefree legislation for 30 years, = declared herself "as happy as I can be."=20 The law is slated to take effect March 1, 2005. Employers can be fined = $250 for the first offense of allowing smoking, $500 for the second = offense and $1,000 for third and subsequent offenses.=20 To win smokefree air where YOU live, go to = http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php Joseph W. Cherner "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the=20 world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0ATo unsubscri= be kermit@polaris.net, send any email to=0D=0A uns-102-104250-@smokefree.net=0D=0A= ------=_NextPart_000_10C9_01C45A50.E1BF9850 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Rhode Island Senate = Votes 30-0 For=20 Smokefree Law
Rhode Island = becomes nation's=20 7th smokefree workplace state
 
Parts excerpted from the Pawtucket Times,=20 6/24/04

PROVIDENCE -- After years of dying in = committee, a=20 bill to eliminate smoking in restaurants, bars and virtually all public = areas=20 and workplaces passed the Rhode Island Senate 30-0.  Some private = clubs and=20 small neighborhood bars would have an extra year to=20 comply. 

Smokefree advocates celebrated in the Statehouse = Rotunda=20 after the vote, presenting bouquets of balloons to Sosnowski and House = Majority=20 Leader Gordon Fox, who introduced a similar bill on the House side.=20
"We=92ve known for generations that secondhand smoke is a = killer," Fox said=20 after the vote. "This is a resounding yes that Rhode Island cares about = its=20 workers and secondhand smoke should not be in these=20 places."

"Anyone who wanted to work in a smoke-free worksite got it in = this=20 bill," cheered Nicholas Oliver, director of advocacy for the American = Heart=20 Association of Rhode Island. 

"We made history today in = Rhode=20 Island," Sosnowski boasted. "I feel good for workers."

Margaret Kane of the American Lung Association, who says she = has been=20 lobbying the General Assembly for smokefree legislation for 30 = years,=20 declared herself "as happy as I can be."

The law is slated to take effect March 1, 2005.  Employers = can be=20 fined $250 for the first offense of allowing smoking, $500 for the = second=20 offense and $1,000 for third and subsequent offenses.=20

To win smokefree air where YOU live, go to = http://www.smokefree.net/ale= rts.php
 
Joseph W. Cherner
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful = citizens can=20 change the
world.  Indeed, it's the only thing that ever=20 has."    Margaret = Mead
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