BRAUDE BACKS BILLING TOBACCO INDUSTRY FOR HEALTH COSTS.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Councilman Marvin Braude Marvin Braude (August 11, 1920—December 7, 2005)served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 11th district from 1965 to 1997. At various times Mr. Braude (pronounced BROW-dee) served as chair of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the Environmental Quality and Waste proposed Wednesday that the city determine how much it pays in disability pensions to workers suffering from tobacco-related illnesses, saying cigarette makers should be billed for the cost. Braude submitted a motion to the City Council that would have the city's chief legislative analyst calculate how much the city is spending on disability pensions involving workers who are suffering from heart or lung disease lung disease Pulmonary disease Pulmonology Any condition causing or indicating impaired lung function Types of LD Obstructive lung disease–↓ in air flow caused by a narrowing or blockage of airways–eg, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis; or other tobacco-related illnesses. ``The city is an innocent third party,'' Braude said. ``The tobacco companies induce people to smoke and the smoking causes the disabilities and the taxpayers are paying for it. That's sure not fair.'' Braude's proposal comes a day after the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. voted to sue the tobacco industry to recover the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses in the county health system. San Francisco also has decided to sue the industry. Tom Lauria, a spokesman for the Tobacco Institute, a trade association, said ``Marvin Braude is in a world of his own "<B>A World of His Own</B>" is an episode of the American television anthology series <em>The Twilight Zone</em>. <H2>Details</H2>*Episode number: 36*Season: 1*Original air date: July 1, 1960*Writer: Richard Matheson*Director: Ralph Nelson ,'' but refused further comment. |
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