From: Joe@smokefree.org
Date: Thu, 06/09/05
Ontario (Canada) Passes Smokefree Workplace
Law
Seventh Canadian
province/territory to go smokefree
Ontario, June 9, 2005...
Yesterday, Ontario (Canada) became the seventh Canadian province/territory
(joining Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest
Territories, and Nunavut) to require clean, smokefree air in all
restaurants and bars, with no allowance for smoking rooms. In addition,
Nova Scotia announced that it will bring forward 100% smoke-free workplace
legislation this autumn.
"Congratulations, Ontario!" says Joe Cherner,
founder of BREATHE-- Bar and Restaurant Employees Advocating Together for a
Healthy Environment. "ALL workers, including restaurant and bar workers,
deserve a safe, healthy, smokefree work environment. No worker should have
to breathe tobacco smoke pollution to hold a job, because it causes cancer,
respiratory illness, and heart disease."
"Smokefree workplace legislation is simply a
matter of respect and dignity for workers," adds Cherner.
Joe 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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