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emma uonutllSSton last summer. .... . ,~, ..... .,.:~] [ ~ smoking tha~ would resdrve 80 on eaten ! . .. , ..... :~ ,........, • ,,,,~.~;, .,, t tI Itowever, tile commission did .: ,,. , ~. ~ ,... ,;< ,.,~.~ ~ n~t su~ort ~he ~etion, Monday ;~ ~! ~ I I1~ :~1;~ /mended tha~e°~missi°n recom- • [; ~~.~~ ,..~ ~ t ~ . resea~raats should "'"': " ~ - ":':: ;" ' :" ':,'r.~:,':~ ~,~ td:~,ll/ oes~oke-free. " '.~ " ~ "" .~ ~:.:~.~ 3~,1I /. when .the proposal was '" " ~~1~.-?:~,.'~:'~ [;~.11 ./mt~o~uee¢ the prod~em was "" : "':;'(-'; ':"" '~ ! d ~~~ .... -- "r I, / ec~dtng on'what eonsUtuted ,,, "~..,~,',.." .... ;,.."'~'~" ;"..,'1~ ~, ...... " , ...... :~..,. .., ] ~ ,, ~' restaurant, Sh~enow said, ,..- ,,.~ ~.. ~ " B~ Gall Per~ • ~,: . ] He said ~he smoking ban is no~ . ,~,.~ :~;;~., ..... ~, op~ ~. ' .. ~.~x-t~ It- ' being recommended as a" get- • ,,,.~,:..,.-,..-" ....... ". . tough • . . .- There s a move to extmguish:.ll move on smokers. • i..smokmg m all Madman:re t-.r I. . "This is helping smokers," he ran~ ~ and the ~ssue. ff~)A ~ II said. ,tmghottoday .... , . .~l, • '~' : [~ Madison's Public, Health ~omq:l p mmsion Monday :. voted.., an, [7~, ~ ~, mously to reco~end the ba~ "~' " : But .the- measure would 7'stilr,"i have to drift through the City:: q. Council's Organizational Co..remit-::{ I :..tee and later the Oit~ Council;: , ,. • Our, cdncer.n ts the maps, " smoking on chddren::The density~'. :. of smoke m a restaurant ~s t m: ~Yfive ttmfis .that:.of smoke in tl~e':~ :Lworkplace~:V sam Jeanne ". quist, a commission member.v o' voted in favor of tl~e action. A critic today called commis- sion members "idiots''• and vowed to fight the plan, saying it..~ will hur~ local.restaurants...'.' The commission recommended. : that there be a continued'effort..: to define "those :'establishments,~ that are considered rest,aurants.' "It is not'the Pubhc Ht h . Commission's re.sponsibilit3 - make those dectstgns,", Gran.q.t tt said. : • ." " • ~' Places not used primarilyfor .:dining; such as taverns, should • .. not be considered : restauran.tsi she said. " "" " The bill must'go before the. • council's Organiz.ational Commit- tee on .April 1~. If O.K'd, it will.' head to the council : " Ira Sharenow,'a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate stu- ' dent, initiated the ban on smok- ing in restaurants last summer. Sharenow, 'who is a non- "smoker and who suffers from asthma, said he cannot go out with friends when they meet in a restaurant, because of the sgc- end-hand smoke. "" " The main effort Is to protect • non-smokers who must breathe " second-hand smoke, he said. "Most smokers really want to qdit smdRing?' ' Carol Thompson, Who is a smoker and is ~a "~ember of Smoker's Rights Action 'Group, . called the Publi6 Health com~iit- " ~tee's move to ban smoking in res- • taurant.s, an b,ffieial denial of ~mokerS"rlghts. ' " "These people are absolute idiots," she said of the public health' panel., "The Environmen- tal Pro~ection Agency, EPA ~nd the U.S..surge.on" general. are lying ; to :Americans about the number" of "deaths" associated with smoking t~ force a smoke- Sree environment on poe.plaY WISCONSIN Newspaper Association 702 Midvale 81yd. Madison, Wis. 53705 Clipping Bureau Division Madison-The Capital Times Thompson said she plans to speak to the City Council about "the proposed smoking ban:: .~ "' : "Second-hand smoke is not as dangerous as it is being suggest- ed," she said. "Smokers should have rights as well." ' The no-smoking ban would have a negative effect o.ntbusi- hess owners, she said. Mandated smoking bans have resulted in business losses for many area establishments, she said. " " "If a person cannot'smoke in a Madison resturant, they will just take their busin.ess TI23970680