[C-U Smokefree] FW: (SMARTalk)Congratulations to smoke free Georgetown, KY!

[Kathy Drea]

Georgetown, KY will be going smoke free October. 1 (see article below).
This is the second municipality in the heart of tobacco country to pass
a strong law regulating smoking in public places. 

 

These developments bring several things to mind:

1.	Kentucky has the highest smoking prevalence rate in the country
at 30.8%.
2.	Tobacco is an integral part of the economy in KY including not
just sales, but also farming & extensive manufacturing.  
3.	If KY municipalities can pass strong local ordinances regulating
smoking in public places, it can be done ANYWHERE.  And certainly an
area like Champaign-Urbana, where the prevalence rate is only 16-17%,
the lowest in Illinois, (and one of the lowest in the entire country) a
strong smoke-free law should be a "given", better known as a
"no-brainer"!

 

Kathy Drea, Director, Public Policy

American Lung Association of Illinois-Iowa

3000 Kelly Lane

Springfield, IL  62711

1-800-788-5864

Fax: 217-787-5916

kdrea at lungil.org

www.lungilia.org

-----Original Message-----
From: smartalk at smartalk.org [mailto:smartalk at smartalk.org] On Behalf Of
Amy Barkley
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 9:51 AM
To: smartalk at smartalk.org
Subject: (SMARTalk)Congratulations to smoke free Georgetown, KY!

 

Georgetown, Kentucky will be completely smokefree on October 1.  This
ordinance passed Thursday after years of great work by local advocates.
It is comprehensive, covering all workplaces including restaurants and
bars.  


http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/11916397.htm?template=co
ntentModules/printstory.jsp
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ontentModules/printstory.jsp>  

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