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/ tiPPEI%DTi:{ D THE CIT1T' OF NEW YORK MA'YOH'&COM'M'ITTEE ON S~M'OK~~ING~AM'D~HEALTHI 125WO'.RTH' STREET ~~ NEW'Y'ORX,~ NEW,YORIK~ 10013 (21^) 566~-3850, JOSEPH A. CALIFANIO', Jh. Chairman UUCTOR BOTNiCK'. CHARLES HUGHES STEPHEN JOSEPHI M.O. AI,AiR'TOYNNSENO Dear Concerned'New Yorker:. Apr i' I 18'„ 1986 On March 21!, 1986, Mayor Edward li. Koch rei eased a draft of' a proposed b i'I I to provi.de for smoke-free space In enciosed!spaces in New York City. A't the, same tiime, the Mayor established this Committee on Smoki'ng, and Health. The Mayor has chargedl us w i th so l iic iit i ng comments on the enc Ilosed draft I aw. from all iinterested New Yorkers. We are particu'Iarly Interested inicomments about how to i~mprove the proposed law, how to appJy it In the workplace, and how to make fit enforceable without undue regulation. Please submit your comments by May 20',, 1986. I f you be i ong, to aimembers h i p organ iizat i on, I hope you wi!II share these materials with your fel'low members and encourage them to submit their views. I'ni add it i on to wr iitten comments, the Comm ittee w i i' I ho l d'. a pub l i'c hear i nglon May 19,, 1986, in the Board of Estimate Chamber i'n C i'ty Ha l I. The Co+mm ittee w'i'II receive testi'mony from national experts and from New York groups, businesses and i'ndivildual's. Obviously,, it would not be possible for everyone to appear„ but fifl you are interested, please ca'I) the Committee ofifi'ce at (212) 5G6-385D. Writtemicomments should be addressed to: Joseph A'. Cali'fano, Jr., Chairman NI'ayor"s Comm i'ttee on Smoking, i'ng, and Hea l th 125lWorth Street - Room 519 New' York, NewiYork 1'001'3 Twenty-eiight states and'lhundreds of' cities and towns have successfully Implemented Iaws~providing for smoke-free space. With your support,, New York C'i'ty can have the best smoki!ng polduti'on control law in the nation. Enclosures