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Two smoking bans cloud issues
Patricia Bergquist
Issue date: 9/26/06 Section: News
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Smokers are often seen outside puffing away. The Lorain County Community College Campus Code of Conduct "prohibits smoking in any of the buildings or the enclosed walkways."
But on Nov 7, Ohio voters will be asked to choose between two smoking bans which may impact where smokers can get their nicotine fix.
Issue 4, the Smoke Free Ohio, or the Smoke Free Workplace Act, would make it a crime for business owners to allow smoking on or near their property, according to smokefreeohio.org.
This would include home-based businesses such as day care centers.
The Summary of the act on the Smoke Free Ohio website said, "…it is in the best interests of public health that smoking of tobacco products be prohibited in public places and places of employment and that there be a uniform statewide minimum standard to protect workers and the public from the health hazards associated with exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco.
LCCC student, Thomas Gregory said, "I think smoking should be banned all across America because second hand smoke pollutes the air and kills people."
The Smoke Less Ohio wants to modify the smoking ban law by changing part of the Ohio State Constitution to limit smoking in all areas except businesses where smoking is a normal, such as bars, according to the "Our Amendment" page on the Smoke Less Ohio web site.
The Smoke Less Ohio said on their home page, "Ohioans agree we should protect people from unwanted exposure to tobacco smoke. That means a smoking ban...but it doesn't have to mean telling people how they should run their lives or their business."
The Smoke Free Ohio group claims that the act is necessary in name of public health and safety, while the Smoke Less Ohio says that people should have the freedom to smoke in certain places.
Marcia Pincura, a surgical technician major, said, "At LCCC, as adults we should have the freedom of choice to smoke."
But on Nov 7, Ohio voters will be asked to choose between two smoking bans which may impact where smokers can get their nicotine fix.
Issue 4, the Smoke Free Ohio, or the Smoke Free Workplace Act, would make it a crime for business owners to allow smoking on or near their property, according to smokefreeohio.org.
This would include home-based businesses such as day care centers.
The Summary of the act on the Smoke Free Ohio website said, "…it is in the best interests of public health that smoking of tobacco products be prohibited in public places and places of employment and that there be a uniform statewide minimum standard to protect workers and the public from the health hazards associated with exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco.
LCCC student, Thomas Gregory said, "I think smoking should be banned all across America because second hand smoke pollutes the air and kills people."
The Smoke Less Ohio wants to modify the smoking ban law by changing part of the Ohio State Constitution to limit smoking in all areas except businesses where smoking is a normal, such as bars, according to the "Our Amendment" page on the Smoke Less Ohio web site.
The Smoke Less Ohio said on their home page, "Ohioans agree we should protect people from unwanted exposure to tobacco smoke. That means a smoking ban...but it doesn't have to mean telling people how they should run their lives or their business."
The Smoke Free Ohio group claims that the act is necessary in name of public health and safety, while the Smoke Less Ohio says that people should have the freedom to smoke in certain places.
Marcia Pincura, a surgical technician major, said, "At LCCC, as adults we should have the freedom of choice to smoke."
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