[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [C-U Smokefree] C-U Smokefree updates

Tue Mar 16 09:36:27 CST 2004

You can now sign the online petition for a smokefree Champaign-Urbana 
at http://cu-smokefree.chambana.net/

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>Updates from the Prez:
>
>Greetings to all who love breathing!
>
>A few updates from me to let everyone know what's going on in the battle
>to breathe clean air.
>
>First, we have a Strategic Planning meeting set for tomorrow night at 7
>at Carle - all are welcome and encouraged to attend.
>
>We now have our on-line supporter's sign-up form up and functional.
>Anyone can sign on - even those who live outside of Champaign and Urbana
>- but it should emphasize C-U residents and those who work, eat, and
>anything else here - which is most of the people in the surrounding
>area.  We encourage all members to forward the link to everyone they
>know who breathes.
>
>We have signed up at least 38 new individual supporters via this web
>form already, and I just handed in 5 petitions with 46 signers from my
>church, the City of Urbana Health Fair and my office.  We were in the
>60's last I checked, so that's almost 150 individual supporters!  We're
>on our way to 1,000!
>
>Our kudos should go to Carle Hospital which has taken an aggressive lead
>on combating second-hand smoke by creating a smokefree campus.  You can
>link to their press release on our website cu-smokefree.chambana.net.
>We're also proud to have the support of Carle Hospital and its member
>organizations (Carle Foundation, Health Alliance, and Stratum Med) for
>our effort. All have signed our supporters' resolution!
>
>On that note, we are up to 17 organizational supporters on our way to
>100.  Besides the Carle group, our latest supporter is the Department of
>Community Health at the U of I.  Thanks!
>
>After the Strategic Planning meeting tomorrow night, our next event is
>the Health Fair at Marketplace Mall on Saturday March 20 from 11-2.  We
>still could use a volunteer or two to help staff the table (sign up for
>an hour!) or at least swing by our table and say hi and see the new
>display!
>
>Our next regular meeting is April 6th at 7 at Carle - mark your
>calendars and be sure to attend!
>
>I would like to recognize and extend a personal welcome to two new
>members who are working hard to help build our organization: UIUC
>student Dylan Lamar, who is working to build C-U Smokefree's presence on
>the UIUC campus and Brian Counter, a colleague of mine at CPRD-UIUC who
>is building the electronic database for those who sign the electronic
>petition.  Let's keep Brian busy!
>
>Update on HB3996!! HB 3996 - which is a bill to undo statewide
>pre-emption, is pending right now before the Illinois House.
>Pre-emption keeps all communities but 20 throughout Illinois from
>adopting clean air ordinances (and C & U are two of the 20!).  Kathy
>Drea from ALA reports that it is scheduled for a floor vote the week of
>March 23 - probably the 25th.  We need to contact our House reps again
>to keep the pressure on for their yes vote!   We need this bill if we
>ever want to breathe freely in communities OUTSIDE C & U.  Naomi
>Jakobssen and Bill Black are reportedly "yes" votes, call to thank them
>and encourage their continued support!
>
>News from other places: we can now add Uganda to the list of smokefree
>nations; smoking is prohibited from workplaces, public places,
>restaurants, educational facilities, and bars (make your vacation plans
>now!)  It seems their court deemed tobacco smoke to be unhealthy to
>Ugandans and "instructed" the Environmental Minister to prohibit
>smoking.  So he did and that was that. The cabinet and parliament are
>reportedly backing the measure.  ...if we only lived in an authoritarian
>state...
>
>FYI, Carol and I will be in Florida (where I grew up) for Spring Break
>from the 20th through the 30th.  I promise to engage in lots of
>"research" on their new smokefree public place statewide law, which
>includes restaurants and nearly all bars. Hey, maybe we can write it off
>as a business trip...
>
>Happy breathing and C-U Smokefree!
>
>The Prez
>
>
>Scott P. Hays, Ph.D.
>Research Scientist
>Center for Prevention Research and Development
>Institute of Government and Public Affairs
>University of Illinois
>Champaign, Illinois  61820
>
>email: sphays at uiuc.edu
>phone: 217.244.2616
>fax: 217.244.0214
>
>
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