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This danger is not just a hypothetical problem. Studies by t he National Cancer Institute in conjunction with the California Environmental Protection Agency have found that between 40,000 and 58,000 Americans die every year as a direct consequence of secondhand smoke, over twice as many as die from AIDS. While it i s clear that many of these deaths are caused by exposure to smoke at home, it would be foolish to underestimate the number of deaths precipitated by exposure to smoke in the workplace...
...growing awareness of these risks, and not just becau se of the unpleasantness of cigarette smoke, that there has been a slew of legislation in the past few years banning smoking from the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has classified secondhand smoke as a “potential occupational carcinogen” and has recommended that employers minimize occupational exposure in “all non-industrial work environments” by using “all available preventive measures.” While much attention and legislation has been targeted at employees in corporate offices and retail...
...York City, for instance, smoking is permitted at over 13,000 restaurants and bars. Under legislation passed in 1995, smoking is permitted in restaurants with under 35 seats, as well as all stand-alone bars and the bar areas of all restaurants. In addition, smoking is permitted on all terraces and outdoor dining areas. The proposed legislation would close these loopholes and allow all New York City restaurant and bar em ployees to work in a completely smoke-free environment...
...only would smoke-free restaurants benefit employees, they would also benefit society as a whole. A 1997 study in the journal Tobacco Control predicted that if all workplaces in the United States became smoke-free, 178,000 s mokers would quit and, among those who continued to smoke, they would consume 10 billion fewer cigarettes a year...
What is even more shocking than tobacco companies concocting data, is that the restaurant associations that oppose smoking restrictions are often in the pay of Big Tobacco itself. A study conducted by University of California at San Francisco found that eight national and over 60 regional restaurant asso ciations had close links to Big Tobacco, including the New York Tavern and Restaurant Association, which received funding from the tobacco industry throughout the 1990s. Many of these associations advocated an “accommodation” policy, where restaurants would designate separate smoking and non-smoking areas. This type of partial...