From: Joe@smokefree.org
Date: Mon, 12/29/03
Smokefree 2003, 2004, and Beyond
As 2003 comes to an end, I'd like to thank the 50,000+ smokefree advocates on
this listserv. Together, we have made tremendous progress for clean indoor air.
Six entire states-- CA, DE, NY, CT, ME, and MA-- have now passed smokefree
workplace legislation for ALL workers, including restaurant and bar workers. If
we work hard in 2004, that number should double.
Everyone, especially the tobacco cartel, knows how this story will end. The
only question unknown is how long it will take.
Please celebrate the new year by going to www.smokefree.net/alerts.php and
sending a letter urging your state to pass smokefree workplace legislation or
thanking your state if it has already done so.
All workers deserve a safe, healthy, smokefree workplace. No worker should have
to breathe tobacco smoke pollution to hold a job, because it causes cancer,
heart disease, respiratory illness, and asthma attacks.
All the best in 2004 and beyond,
Joseph W. Cherner
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
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