[C-U Smokefree] Good news from Roswell, New Mexico

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FYI.

Theo

Theo Tsoukalas, Ph.D.


Roswell (NM) Goes Smokefree

Parts excerpted from Roswell Daily Record, 5/14/2004 
After three hours of public comments, the Roswell (NM) City Council voted 
unanimously in favor of smokefree workplace legislation, including smokefree 
restaurants and bars.  The ordinance also applies to lodges, fraternal 
organizations and country clubs. After the ordinance was passed, Mayor Bill Owen remarked 
how seriously the councilors took this ordinance. 

“They have all struggled with this, they all have had all of the arguments 
that have been presented here tonight,” Owen said. “I, like most of the other 
councilors, know personally businesses and restaurant owners that are affected 
by this and I have no doubt that statistic will show that long-term, it will 
not affect those businesses in a negative fashion. In fact, it will probably 
have a positive effect on those businesses in the long term.” "Smokefree 
workplace legislation is a matter of respect and dignity for workers," said Joe 
Cherner, founder of BREATHE-- Bar and Restaurant Employees Advocating Together for 
a Healthy Environment.  "No one should have to breathe something that causes 
cancer to hold a job." The ordinance will go into effect Aug. 1, once the city 
is able to get no-smoking signs for businesses in Roswell to post in their 
windows. The New Mexico Department of Health is providing the signs free of 
charge.

To win smokefree air where YOU live, go to 
http://www.smokefree.net/alerts.php


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