PUBLIC FORUM : FOLLOW-UPS NEEDED AS FIRE OFFICIALS SEEK TO EDUCATE BARGOERS, OWNERS ON BAN.My organization is very pleased that the Fire Department has visited 81 bars since the first week in July and provided education about the smoke-free bar law. Our suggestion is that Fire Department personnel now revisit those 81 bars to see if the education has worked. If it hasn't, then it is certainly time to start issuing citations. The Smoke-Free Workplace smoke-free workplace Labor law A workplace where use of cigarettes and other tobacco smoke products–cigars, pipes, is not allowed indoors Law in California is one of the best-known laws in the state. If I overstay Overstay The act of holding an investment for too long. It often occurs when traders attempt to time the market by identifying the end of a price trend and the beginning of a new one, but, due to greed and fear, tend to overstay their positions. my time at a parking meter, I know it is going to cost me. This law is no different. But citations, which are just like traffic tickets, should not just be issued to bar patrons. They should also be issued to bar owners. The Fire Department is the right agency for enforcing this law. This is an organization whose primary mission is saving lives, which is what they are doing when they get owners and patrons to comply with the law. - Esther Schiller Executive Secretary Smokefree Air for Everyone Newbury Park Why have we sheepishly sheep·ish adj. 1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin. 2. Meek or stupid. sheep allowed the City Council to enact a law of nonsmoking non·smok·ing adj. 1. Not engaging in the smoking of tobacco: nonsmoking passengers. 2. Designated or reserved for nonsmokers: the nonsmoking section of a restaurant. without our vote? Why didn't they propose smoking and nonsmoking without our vote? Why didn't they propose smoking and nonsmoking establishments and let us adults make our own choice as they do in many major cities? Do they view us as children? What next? A ban on fat, alcohol, skydiving skydiving Sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate altitude (e.g., 6,000 ft [1,800 m]) and executing various body maneuvers before pulling the rip cord of a parachute. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and performing in teams (e.g. , rock and mountain climbing mountain climbing, the practice of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. Also called mountaineering, it is practiced throughout the world. Types There are three types of mountain climbing. , water skiing water skiing, sport of riding on skis along the water's surface while being towed by a motorboat. It probably originated on the French Riviera in the early 1920s, and was known in the United States by 1927. , snow skiing, rafting, driving, flying, etc.? All of these are dangerous activities. - C. Monteiro Woodland Hills Everyone knows about this law. Everyone knows that they could be fined for smoking in bars. It has now taken over one year to get enforcement started. When are we going to get a backbone and fine these establishments and patrons for noncompliance noncompliance failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance with this law? We are in full support of the Fire Department, the Police Department or both continuing enforcement. We are pleased to see that 81 bars have been visited. Now it is time to uphold our commitment to making bars smoke-free. We suggest requiring these establishments to post a sign stating that they are subject to fines and listing them. - Kevin Weiler Director, Theater Outreach Program Dawn Worrall Assistant director, Theater Outreach Program The murderers, thieves, rapists and arsonists are safe. They are not the most dangerous criminals according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Laura Chick and the City Council. Smokers are now the most dangerous criminals. Councilwoman Chick wants all smoking banned and the people controlled, with Big Brother watching, ticketing and fining all smokers. Socialism is here in full force, with regressive laws to control the people. What is next, checking McDonald's for people eating hamburgers? Or maybe perfume and deodorants that may offend the majority of people? We need to repeal Proposition 10, the voter initiative that imposed a 50-cent tax on packs of cigarettes to pay for county-run health programs. We do not need Big Brother or Big Sister controlling our habits. - Louis Rosenberg Canoga Park I have a great problem with people who feel that they can go into a bar and still smoke, even though it is against the law. The owners are saying that if they do not allow people to smoke in their bars, then customers will go elsewhere. I disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" that. If you choose to smoke, that is your business, but that does not mean that you can break the law because you disagree with it. Would it be such a hard thing for you to step outside for those few minutes and smoke? I remember when the smoking ban in restaurants went into effect and how owners said that they would lose business. People are still going out to eat, and they go outside to smoke. Why can't they do the same at bars? - Audrey Moore Palmdale This gaggle we call a City Council is, again, way out of line. Now they are sending firemen into bars to cite smokers? This entire smoking fiasco has gone miles too far. Recently, our anointed "Anointed" redirects here. For the process of anointing, see Anointing. Anointed is a Contemporary Christian music duo consisting of siblings Steve and Da'dra Crawford. Their musical style includes elements of R&B, funk, and piano ballads. legislature backed an underhanded plan promoted by a Hollywood producer with the onerous nickname of ``Meathead'' to tax smokers out of existence. As smokers, we now pay upward of more than; above. See also: Upward $3.50 a pack for an item valued at next to nothing. This program is based on lies and intentionally misleading science. There is not one shred of evidence that secondhand smoke sec·ond·hand smoke n. Cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoke that is inhaled unintentionally by nonsmokers and may be injurious to their health if inhaled regularly over a long period. Also called passive smoke. kills anyone. The alleged connection between cancer and secondhand smoke was always, in the scientific community, low at best. The Environmental Protection Agency's report was never a study, but an analysis of many studies that were scientifically skewed skewed curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean. skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of data . Most studies were absurdly small, so that any results were scientifically irrelevant. The California EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. produced a highly suspicious study that confirmed the EPA's findings. - William Marky Reseda The 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. Region of the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, applauds the efforts of Los Angeles City Councilwoman Laura Chick to ensure that the enforcement of a smokefree workplace, including bars, is actually taking place. We encourage further steps to put some teeth into the enforcement of the smoking ban. Despite the ban on smoking in workplaces being in place for some time, the city of Los Angeles
The ordinance for the smoking ban in bars has been on the books for over 1-1/2 years, and yet there are still bars in compliance who are right next door to bars that are blatantly disregarding the law. This is not only a health hazard health hazard Occupational safety Any agent or activity posing a potential hazard to health. Cf Physical hazard. due to the issue of secondhand smoke, but patently unfair for those who comply with the law. Stronger enforcement is required. Tickets should be issued in order to send a strong message to those who disregard the smoking ban. Furthermore, additional resources should be allocated to the enforcement efforts during the next budget cycle. We urge the city to use the tobacco settlement money from the federal lawsuit - money obtained from the tobacco deaths - to arrive at the tobacco solution. Enforcement of the smokefree workplace law is an essential component of the tobacco solution. - Charlie Smith Chairman of the Public Issues Committee - Marc S. Fremed Advocacy manager From my perspective, the ban on smoking in bars and restaurants is hurting businesses and the state more than helping them. I say this because I am one of those smokers you are trying to stop. I am not a drinker, but before this ban came out, I enjoyed going out to eat probably five times a week. Now, with the ban in effect, I go about twice a week, and only to restaurants that have patios where I can have a meal and enjoy my cigarette afterwards. I do miss some of the locations that I used to go to, but if they won't support me, I will not support them. As for the state being hurt, my New Year's resolution A New Year's Resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect on New Year's Day and remain until the set for 1999 was not to buy cigarettes in the state of California again. I have kept that promise and haven't bought a single pack here. I and about 20 of my friends make runs to Nevada to buy our cigarettes. I guess I should be happy about the high taxes the state has added to cigarettes, because in Nevada they are almost half the price that they are in California. For you nonsmokers who say, ``Why don't you leave California and move to Nevada,'' that was my second resolution. I can't wait to get out of this state. - Lois Rodgers Sunland Councilwoman Laura Chick is right when she wants the enforcement program, however the fire inspectors are more or less using an education program to stop the smoking in bars. Why not use a program using both methods? Slapping a fine of only $81 is sufficient, however, there should also be an education program involved. If a smoker does not want to pay the fine, let him or her attend a chemotherapy session at any hospital. Hopefully when they see what a person has to go through when they are treated for cancer, they will think twice about picking up another cigarette. Those people who give chemotherapy treatments for cancer and the ``Gift of Life'' will be more than willing to help with this type program. We use the same method with traffic violations by using driver's education The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. programs, and it should work when it comes to the health and safety of the people. This time the fines should be used to promote this program and nothing else. - Mort Diamond Canoga Park CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Fire inspector Brian Jones talks with a bartender at Residuals in Van Nuys. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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