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People will no longer be exposed to deadly secondhand smoke, a substance containing over 43 cancer-causing agents. Bar and restaurant workers will be free from a risk that makes them 50 to 75 percent more likely to contract lung cancer than the rest of our population. By establishing 100 percent smoke-free worksites on Oct. 1, we will eliminate a serious threat to our workers’ health...
...Smoke-free workplaces are a matter of workers’ rights. Hard-working individuals employed in office buildings, airports, schools and even the Massachusetts State House and Congress are all protected from secondhand smoke...
...Wednesday, Oct. 1 Cambridge and Somerville will go 100 percent smoke-free in all worksites, including all bars and restaurants. The new policy finally affords members of the hospitality industry the same health protections that nearly every other profession already enjoys: clean...
Cambridge and Somerville are the most recent highlights in a smoke-free-workplaces movement that now includes over 90 Massachusetts cities and towns. California, New York, Delaware, Maine and Connecticut have passed smoke-free workplaces laws, the entirety of Ireland and Norway will go smoke-free in 2004, and the United Nations recently passed a similar rule for its New York City headquarters. A statewide bill in Massachusetts will hopefully protect all workers throughout the Commonwealth later this year...
...Cambridge bar went smoke-free in 2001, largely because of my efforts. Regulars who said they would no longer visit my establishment still sit on my bar stools. I have seen the future, and it is bright and clean—and my tip jar is full...