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"any event. " Humphrey Taylor, chairr~an and chief executive of Louis Harris and ~.ssociates in New York, said, "Any Interviewer or person being inter- "viewed would quickly come to the • conclusion that this poll is hostile to ~the regulation of cigarettes." The poll was conducted from Dec, I0 to 12, and was based on telephone "inter~tiews with 1,000 adults whose -numbers were randomly seleeted. ;The margin of sampling error was .plus or minus about 3 percentage fpoints, the poll takers said. • In one question, the poll asked .people how important-it would be to -"increase regulation on cigarettes." 2 Fourteen.percent said it was their "top priority," 17 percent said it was • "very important" and 23 percent ~said it was "somewhat important." . • Thus, 54 percent of those polled said increasing cigarette regulation .was important. The poll takers ro- :ported that 44 percent said it was -22- "not important at all." In another question, 35 percent of the people interviewed said they wanted" more regulation of ciga- rettes, 30 percent want the same amount, and ~ percent wanted less regulation. Greg Schheiders. president of Frederick/Schneiders Inc. in Wash- ington, one firm that did the" polling, said the poll showed that respond- ents felt tobacco regulation was not as important as ottmr issues, like cutting taxes. But h.e added, "Yes, it's important." • Asked about the criticism of the poll's questions, he said: '°It's not biased. It was intended to find out JAN 1 1 1905 only about the negative arguments. We focused on the arguments against regulation.'" The poll was conducted as par~ of an effort to discourage the regula- tion of cigarettes in the new Con- gress. Along with the poll results, the group, announced that it had gath- ered 1.1 million signatures of people opposing new cigarette regulation. The Coalition on Smoking or Health, which includes the American Lung Association, the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society,. said that its own petition drive in favor of the regula- tio.n of cigarettes had so far collected 250,000 signatures but ,would contin- ue for some weeks to come. (Other coverage avai!able upon request.) THE NBW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, .IANUARY II, 1995 " Businesses Face the Facts;F Curbs on After months of .fighting it, businesses have begun. dealing with the reality of the smoking law signed by Mayor . Rudolph W. Giuliani yesterday. Frank's, an Italian steakhouse in Manhattan's meat- "packing district, is moving around the corner to a new space with enough room for a segregated smoking lounge, Chunte- reile, the elegant TriBeCa restaurant, says it deeply regrets not being able to allow a practice it thinks it has been able to control, but will comply with the law and refer all complaints to City Hall. Leisure Tim~ Bowling in the Port Authority Building welcomes the new restrictions and promises to enforce them aggressively. But Bowlmor Lanes on University Place de- spairs over having to confine smokers to designated areas, "I'm not the police," said Theodore Bournis, wha owns the alley. "There's nothing I can do, believe me." Mayor Giullaffi signed the law after a heated two-hater hearing yesterday that featured, on one side, business reprt~ sentatives who. said the city's restaurant and hotel trade would suffer, and on the other, a bartender and a beauty queen in a rhll~estone crown who said they resented second- hand smoke, The law goes into effect on April 10. It strengtheus. current law by imposing [urOier restrictions on smoking in restaurants and work places and, for the first time, extends. restrictiods to outdoor areas like parks and stadiums. The old law allowed smoking in. contiguous smoking areas in restaurants seating more than 50 people and did not regulate smoking in restaurants seating 50 people or less. The new law allows smoking only in restaurants seating 35 or fewer people. In work pla6es, the new law restricts smoking to sepa- rately ventilated smoking reams and to private offices, as long as no more than three people are present and all agree to allow it. The old law did not regulate the number who could Continued on Page B4 o Mayor Rudolph W. Giulianl signed new legislation to curb smoking in mos~ public places in the city after a heated two- hooy hearing at City Hall yesterday. "This is where the res~ of America is going," Mr. Gittliani said. Tl40431496

23 JAN 1 1 1995 ; • • Pt~lOIt~ I~ Edward KeJtlmK/l~o New Yo~ ~k'~ a ~t ~ W~ 14~ S~ ~ ~, ~ ~ comfy ~ N~ York C~'s n~ ~cco'~a6ons ~ a ~t~ ~o~ lo~e. S~ M~ a~ ~e ~t's g~l manage, ~jo~ a ~ ~n ~e ;Busing= Face act _ of Nm6ki Curbs Contfnued From ~ BI be smokins at any one time In pri- vate offices. • Across the city yesterday, many restaunmts and business places salt they.weR t~tture W~t th~ llw World mean or how they would respired to l' It. Others, l/ke Chase Mmtlmttam Bank, wh/ch has = s/ngle smokthil lounge for 5,000 employees, said It . ~lready complies. ,And ~i11 others, grumbi|ng, ~d the~'would comply. The Mayor hid left little doul~ during yesterdays berating that he w~lt s~gn the measure. More than 100 ¢Jtle~ and 4 states have pas.~ed no-mmoklng ordinance= for places. "TIlls Is where the rest of ,America Js go~&" Mr, Gluliani "New York City 1~ going t6 ~et.tbere a little bit slower thah othe~ and • little bit faster than inhere" Wiglam ,adtbeus, an official of the Smokers Alliance, a smoking Stoup that rJmims 2000(~0 members in the city. sakl be and his ~lUes had enter- mined no hope of changing the or's mind. "We're here to plant the ~-eds ~ doubc"be ~i~ "'we want" economic d~ta collected to be ~ to evaluate the harm of this law within During the 10 months the law was ~ debuted In the Council, oftlda]~ heard from lobbyists and bu~lnes= poopie who salt the law c6uld put some restauranLs out of Phtllt) Morr]~, which has It~ head- quarte~s on Perk Avenue, said It wo~ld consider leavtn8 town. In November, the Comical loosened some of the original restriction¢ P~rria said yesterday that it was examtn~ng it• options, attd• spoke~vmman, ~H~ M~rlo, empha- sized that any decision would be made ~ accordance w/th "courtesy and good .rnanners."~ She said the company already policies to safeguard the 70 percmtt of its employees who do not smoke. "We don't • believe nonsmokers should be subjected to smoke if they dmz't want to be,;' she s~id. -'At Frank's yesterdsy, the resL~- rgltt's owl~ers swore ~ey ~[d ~v- er ~ ~Ir m~ e~erly ~t~ -- ~ of~m, ~Y, ~ I~ ~h~ ~t's ~p~ -- ~ ~gui~ ~t ~ pl~ ~ ~mply fully wi~ ~ ~s ~w law, ~r ~ey m~e from ~tr ~t add~ at 431 . W~t 14~ S~t a~ ~e bl~ m ~U fea~ a sm~8 l~nge. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~mpli~ sm~ cism ~ her s~ce ~foR I m~ for ~ g~. At ~RII~ at 2 Ha~n ~ ~ W~ ~e o~er. (COmt'dJ T140431497

AT A GLAN=" " "'" Curbing Smoking Mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed a bill yesterday banning ~moking in virtually all public places. The law, the Smoke-Free A~r Act, will take effect April'10. Below are the law's major provisions. Srqoking will be prohibited In the dining areas of all restaurants seating more than 35 people; it will be confined to the bar area (see below), enclesedsrhbking lounges serving only beverages and private functions.'Restaurants with ~eating for 35 or fewer people are exempt. ~:'. ~". 1. In stand-alone bars, smoking will still be permitted. ' 2. In .restaurant bars, smoking will be permitted if: • a. The bar area is at least six feet from the indoor dining area or t.he bat area is separated from the indoor dining area by a solid floor-to-c .~ling partition. -'b. The ~moki.ng lounge and bar do not exceed 25 percent of the .~-combined area of the dining, peverage service and lounge areas. " c. Th~"~esting in lhe" bar area where food service Is offered is .ilimlted to (t) no more than 15 percent of the first 100 seats where • food service is offe~l and.(2) no more than 10 percent of any • seats over lO0"w~ere food service is offered. d. The smoking lounge and bar are not the sole indc~" waiting. All employers will be requir~l to restrict sm~ing to one separately ventilated smoking room on each flcx~. Smoking will also be permitted in i~'ivate enclosed offices as long as no more than three people, including the oc, cupan¢, are present and all consent. ¢ • Smoking will be prohibited in outdoor seating areas. Smoking will be i:~'mitt~fi.n sel:~rately ventilated smoking lounges as long as ttwse lounges.do not exceed 25 percent of total lounge space. Smoking will be permitted in separate smoking room~ in the viewing area, as .long as" ~ttW rooms do not exceed 25 pement of total seating. In additlon,'smoking will be permitted in enclosed bars, private box seats and suites, enclosed areas of the concourse (not to exceed 25 pemant of ~e total concourse area) and some unenclosed conh-ourse areas. DAY ~ ~" Smoking will be prohibited at all times in both indoor and outdoor areas of'day care centers. • The current l~n ~n smoking in indoor areas in pre-pdmary0 primary and sec~. aty schools remains unchanged. In all other schools, s~moking will be permitted only in separately ventilated smoking roo~ns for employees a~l students. A survey by the ~ il~iLStr3=~ found that a ma~o.r~ty.of Americcm" favor stricter regu~zt(orts ~or cigfl- rettes. Natfom]/, ~ AI#." JAN 1 I 1995 said she was sad that her customers could no longer have everything they want. "We like to take'care "of peo- ple's vices too," she But she added: "In a way,it's nice to have all the responsibility taken frem us as far a= this questinn is concerned. But tha.t's." not something ~ i'm seeking." • .Diner~ at the restaurant alsO criti- cized the law. "Like Fidel said, I enjoy a good Havana after my meal," said flames Brown, a. busi- ness executive. "I think it's very dl.~criminatory." At ant~ther ~able, William Hlggins, a lmrtfolio manager, agreed: "In my own v/ew, the legislation is discrtmi- • natory, and 1 speak as a nonsmoker. I begin to feel solidarity with a new oppresr~.~l class, the smoker." Ti40431498

-25- POST ~EDI~ESDA¥ JAh~A~Y II, 1995 ludy puts smokers out in the cold -wi h strictest ]aw in U.S, Joe Chern~r, for the Coalition for SmokeFree ~Ity, charged tobacco • companies with ~aunehin~' a spared cs.rnp~t gn. "l'hey hired pa/d pet|ti~t gatherers to collect sl~-. lures throughout the city, hired ou~-o~-tow~ telema:- keflng eompanieB to tact smokers And patch them through to C~ty Hall lions to fight this hill," he ss~d. .the=net called the" new re.~rfction~ ~a bellwether for the entire United A spokeswoman for ~hll- [~s-.-- w~Ichhad prevlou~ly su~ested that it would leave Hew York City ff the le~Islatlon passed ~ yesterday re- peated the company's tent~on to "entertain all. of its ~L~hLu bill really- -~i~let a lose ~o~ the millions adult New Yorkere who choose to smoke and. more LmpoFmntly ~o~ the haepl- tallty- Indust~ [whleh wa~ts] to ple~ae all o£ p&rro~," said the spokes- wbm~. I~llan MerIo ref-ued to ~ay how muc~ Ll~ company spen~ lobb~ing ag~nst the bill. "We never d~cuss budg- ets," she said, T140431499

JAN 1 1 -Butts- :out at'eatenes Mayor inks tough anti-smoke law By JOEl. SIEGEL One side reads like a Michelin Guide to New York's choicest restaurants: Lut(GRA,~ee, Four Seasons, Sardi's, Gage & Tollne~ The other side boasts its share of A-list eater- ies too: Elaine's, the River Care, Fraunces ~ Tavern. Their battle climaxed yes- [ R~l'~tm ~ signed into law a toul~h new ' .:~J'~ The ~'~l~lO~l,~:." ~ . aaU.smokJng bill. For weeks, } ......... ~ .... many of the city's most cele~ I ' ''~; - E~WI, "- . brat~l dining spot= trove been I' ".'. "~,:," " Ssn:ii's "~ • • competing with each other -- ~"~.':.'7" (~ge & not in the usual fo~i fight for ] M.M~'occ~t~--T°~l~¢ patrons, but over the bilL , Putting their names and ~~ .... four-star reput~tion, o=~ the ?:'." 'L J "-~:}:i~, line, they have sought to r~y ~ ~ C~I~: ~ • G|ulizni and the Ci~ Council ~,~Gn~'YSt~t~r into approving or rejecting . "'" Some owner~ insisted that ., :'=,~ f:l~l~u~ ()4r, iwd; :" their business would plur~e; O'Nsars... ": : other= said there would be no " • "; ";. S~l~h'n~ "' • ~'allout as long as everyone "" ": .'Tmt~ Delr/ut~- • Elaine Kaufmaa. owner o/" ". ! .!~...~: Ct=~. the cel.ebrated upper East Side ntghtspet that be~rs bet ~." ~1~ I~I~110N~ as an infringement of civil i' .~;~..Ttm.W~A~b~ l "Rather than regulating | ;:'.~ F~,m~s:l"avm~-. • ~;| people's private habits, City |. York with la~s that help citi- zel~ get to restaul-~ats more { "b~,~ "-.-.:'l~illO..; : safely," she wrate Giuliani. "It J / " customer~ more comfmlable, . ' not to provide them with moral inst~ct~o~." But Danny Meyer, owner o£ I f? Momtl~j0ckD~ • -The bill bag smok/~g in I~t trade groui~ represent- "l';btllieve we are dealing the oh-so-trendy Union | "~;~-.:.Tt~oi~up~,.' .'.~. (he dining areaS of restau- ing restaurants, small bus/- with- ~ significant public t. Chm~tdcJ~ rant~ w~th more th~ 3.5 seat~, ~==¢~, liquor dealer~ ~nd ho- health hazard. Secondhand Squ~re Care. said he supports ~. ~ ~ the bill. A.~ked why his com- in offire~ th which more tha~ tels decried the bill as • smoke is one of the leading petitors would oppose it, he three people work, and in another sign that the city is ¢nuse~ ofdeath," he added in said: their restaurants to smoke." zoos, playgrounds, outdoor tuti-b~iness, and some que~ sig~ng the bill "It mostly has to do with Gluliani signed the bill at~r stadiums and bingo halls. It t/oned its enfo~eabUity. - G~uiiani said he had been fear of not knowing what it 50withe~est~stifledataClW takeseffectAprlll0. Glullan/responded:'~l'ode- the /'ocu.~ of in~-nee lobbying. ~voutd b~ like if the bill takes Hall hearing. Giuilnnt'$ up- A~ the heaztng, sewrtl can- set, be the City oC New York including I e.a~ade of |¢tter~ effect. Some people fear a provai had been ~; has cer pat/outs who. had laryn- = ant/-busine.~ i~ dbrupt/ve, in the last week ~'om restau. loss or" business. The people staff issued a release trum- gecWmie~ httshed the ruom ~.~ unfair and inaccurate .... I ra~urs ~ by the t~ba¢. who support the bill are con- petlng his support even be- they used v~ic~-boxes tn urge deeply r~ent yoU~ hashing or" ¢o lobby or ~tt-smok~ng ad- £ident that nobody comes to fore the hearing begun, p~age o£ the bUL New Yort." T140431500

-27- NEW Y.OP.K NEW~-~:~Y. ~EDN~AY, JANUARY 11, 11~5 JAN 1 1 i995 -Giuliani Makes .Official StaUrant Smoking Ban By Karen Rothmyer ~id~-~dl of its cptio,,,..'" :" "- Philin'Morris_. GiuKsn~ in his r~narks, said, '~New York City should never allow itseff to be ermined," • and added, "No busin~s, no corporation is so impor- tant that it can, ~hrough procure, create public policy." In comments later, he asid Philip Morris had hero'said direct/y to him thst it wa~ contemplat- ing a mo~. But he made no effort to appear ac- commodating. "They've moved most e~ their jobs- out already,'" he said. "Their presence here is bars lounge. It also forbids used to be." Morris "disappointed that a smokinginworkplaces, exceptinseparateiyvantilated Merlo said PhfliPd~:atectin- is smoking areas or private ofl~cm, - .. mawr who h~s mat he is so pr~busine~ Gi~ mid be fav~re an ~rtier; tougher version of and in fast h~ m~de ~ome moves in t]mt ~on" the mea~u~ that led phillv Morris .C~. to sugx~t it would support what she ~ed as anti-bu~- would consider meving its headquarters from the city. 'ns~ legi~atio~ She said, while the company had Yestorday, E~ M~d~ a spokeswoman for,~1~ti~p, shifted some jobs two years'ago when it decided to ~ declined to do more than repeat an earlier statement that the company would contimie to con- THE RECORD locate its international operations in Westchester, "we still have ove~ 2,000 people here." " {Other coverage available UpOa req=~-~)-- • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1995 Cigarettes aren't the worst public hazard Editor, The Recorc~ I read Barbara Barker's article on the New York City ban on smoking and rm not sure whether to be amused or mad. - Politicians are thumping their chests over their increasing restrictions on the purchase and use of cigarettes. ~rhy is it that these same politicians, who are so • concerned about health, can't seem to pass the necessary legislation to restrict the purchase and use of s.uch things as semi-automatic weapons? If ~iven a choice, would the people on the Longls- lalld ]~iroad have rather had Col~n Fergu~on light up a ~igarette or do what he did with a le[~]ly purchased ~un? Of ~ourse, we shouldn't have to tolerate ei- ther choice, but let's put things in per- spective. I've got no problem with any adult, sane or insane, purchesing or using ciga- rettes if they choose.to do so, but I've got a major problem with anyone, sane or otherwise, purchssing or using any type o£ a~ault weapon. Enough is enough on the smoking ban. I mean, really, outdoor stadiums? I can understand certain restrictions b~t let's turn our resources and time to etr~cting something else. G~ns, maybe? JEFF O'H£RA T!40431501

JAN 1 1 i99b -28- THE DA~LY TELEGRAPH, No ifs and buts in the bars ._- where smoke gets in your eyes O UTSIDE, thew~n~r is " CHARLES LAURENCE ~king i~ tint bite with a sub-zero blast from the frozen north. Inside, the lug is building up nicely in the Hudson Bar and Books, a place that looks like a movieland version of an old English library. A dandyfied fellow in a checked tweed suit has selected a large Havana from the polished walnut humidor behind the bar, He rolls it around his lips with relish, and breathes out coils of rich blue smoke. He-keeps the band on: I can't remember if • this is the right thing to do. No one blanchesas the atmosphere thickens at this bold and blatant act of counter*revolution For this is a "cigar bar", one of a new. breed of New York watering boles where the vices of tobacco are not only toler- ated, but also celebrated. tion between smoke and hi- eratare, since there are real books lining the walls. We are on the new front line o.f defence against the neo-Pm'i; tan assanlc Tomorrow,.May- . or Giuliani signs in New York's new "smoke-free envio renment" legislation- Smoko ing is henceforth harmed at all places of entertainme.nt, including outdoor sports diums, publi£ buiiding&.and * * * MONDAY, JANUARy 9, .1995 nearly ~11 offices. Most troversially, it is also banned from restaurants seating more than 35. New York is a restaurant town -- II,000 of them, in- cinding coffee shops -- and this is where the battle rages. Most of the best are a~palled at the prospect o~ telling their patrons to stub out, and say they will refuse to do so' even though it is they who face the fines. Some are blunt. "F'*** 'era,'" says Elaine Kanfman, owner of EIaine's. But we are sure to con- tinue with/ngennity. Remi, a smmth sort of place in the Midtown office district, already offers one solution~ • Like a London gentleman's club, it has a smoking room, • where .even...eig.ars .aye accepted. Diners rise from their clean-air tables, clutch- ing their glasses, and retire lor a smoke. This is one way through the loophole of "separate ventilation". Some of the big- ger open.spare restaurants will run a wall down the mid- die and extend the "bar" to - include dining tables for sin- nets. Some of the smaller bis- txos downtown will simply "become ~ the new law bans smoking in "dining areas" but is not quite clear on serving feed in drinking Given America's litigation habit, there are sure to be some celourful cases in the courts. In Vermont and even Los Angeles, a smoking ban means a smoking ban, But this is New York, and there is always a way around, or an alternativ~ The Hudson and its fellow cigar bars are'serv- As the new law goes on the • books, it is perfectly possible ..to read all about it while munch/ng a sandwich as the stub smoulders in the ashtra& . .~.~.... ...... NEW~oDAY, "~'U~AY0 JANI.~ 'tO, 199~ _ I .....- • t:E-TTERS- The Last to K ow- .... -' " • Regarding the editorial "Suffo].k's Smoking Ban Is Law; Let It Take Effect" [DC~: 27]: As of Dec. 28, the restaurant owners in Suffolk Cohnty had nat yet received a letter from the board of health or the county advising them of the new law and how to implement its procedur~ and regulations. • . Why are restaurants affected by the smdking law and not the bars, taverns, cateMng halls and bowling alleys? Isn't this discrimination?" "" " Mm-la F. Camassa Lake Grove Editor's Note: The writer is a restaurant " Nonsmokers Are the Victims Regarding D,,avid V. Huscl~e's letter "Stop the Smoking Ban [Dec. 19]: Apparently, HnscbJe' would have us return to the days befvre nonsmok- ing laws. His premise that sufficient data has not been c~mpi/ed concerning the effects of secendhand - smoke is, itself, a smoke screen. Hnschle totally ignores the fact that nonsmokers comprise the majoMty and, therefore, the liveli- hoods of restaurant owners would be negatively affected if antismoking laws were rescinded. Nonsmokers are not interested in statistics about secondhand smoke; we just want to enjoy DAILY NEWS Wednesday, Jan, uary 11, 1995 t.__~ " ~ ~ew~:~y file photo I~nnsmokersprotest against second-hand smoke ~ Smoke-free world a restaLu-ant meal, a movie or a plane ride with- out breathing difficulties, watery eyes and the stench of strangers' smoke on our clothes. Smokers are imposing on us, not the reverse.. This is an instahce of blame the victim. We would be aghast if we saw someone sniffing cocaine or shooting up heroin before, during or after a restanrant meal, yet the~e addictions do not affect us as directly as ci~ret~ smoke. Although I ~m aware that smoking is a difficult addiction to conquer, I and other nonsmokers do not care to participate in its effects. - - " Shirl~yGoldenberg North BeKmore Bronx: As a Cardinal Spellman High School student, I'd like to express my views about what smoker~ are doing to their fellow human beings and Mother Earth: Smokers don't seem to notice or care about the harm they are causing their loved ones and the place where every human being has to live. They are finally get- ring what they deserve. Seeing - signs that say "No Smoking" is very pleazing~ I hope I live long enough to see "No Smoking Any- where'." signs. EZ/zab~th Labcrg T140431502

-29- VOICE OF BUSINESS ~..~WASHINGTON Q Dtir- ing the latter days of the beleaguered Cutter admin- iswation. TheWashiu~ou ~ called the Federal Trade Commission a "na- tional nanny" for attempting to regulate advertising directed at chiidron. Of come, the FTC was motivated by concern for the welfare of children. but the ~ perceived the proposed FTC rule as an affront to freedom of speech. Without ~v, ally intending m, the Po~t gave a memorable name to a type of liberal a~tivism that simply doesn' t know when to quit and whic~ in this case, proved a major factor in ttu'ning public opinion again~ the C,xt~er ptesidet~-y. That same swain of nannyism is once again abundantly on display.at the O~cupationalStfety andHealth Admin- istrttion (OSHA) which is attempting m issue rules reducing repetitive motion iajtuies.them-called"ergon~mi~" rule, and regulating workplace air quality. The former w~uld govern the activities of every job that tequi~s workers ~3 pe~rm the same aoions repeatedly, a bmaxi category that encompasses many jobs.The latteris an indiv~'t effort toban smoking fram the workplace, in effe~'t draf1~g the nation's employers into nationwide anti-tobacco campaign. LikeC,~er's FTC, Ciinton's OSHA is motivated by abeniga coueen~ in this case the pmte~ionof workers f~m inju- ties associated with repetitive motions, and exlmsute to tobacco smoke and tentially hanm~ aitcontaminants.They believe, they know what is best for us. and ate eager to regulate us onto a higher plane of existence in spite of ourselves. But there is a strain of indepen- RETURN OF.THE NATIONAL NANN'I~S by Dr. Richard ~- l~sher, President U.$. Clmmber of C~mmer~e in the American people which instinc- 6veiy resists that sort of meddling, re- gardless of how benign and well intentluned k n~y be. Ther~ is a growing consensus that these initiatives go far beyond the fed- eral government's mandate. The dynam- ics of injuries ~ by ~etitive tion are not well understood, and any regulation is m~rc likely to produce con- f~siun and e~pense than reduce injuries. Likewise, smoking is an issue many people care deeply about, but there is no mandate for federal intervention. Local governments around uhe nadon are han- dling it on an individual basis befitting our federal system of government. Business is alarmed by both regula- tory initiatives and for good reason* Time after rime business has become the fall guy in ill-~onceived federal regulatory advenruzes tharcost billions, foster end- l~s litigation, and drive executives to diswtction in fruitless efforts to recon- cile the competing demands of unions. ~nstuner groups and bureaucrats. We have had enough of it. Fommatety. the incoming chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Re- sources Committee, Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS):has made clear her opposition to OSHA's proposed ergo- nomics and /ndoor air quality rules. While recognizing they ate serious is- sues that warrant debate, it is her belief such issues properly belong at the state and local level, not in Washington. Senator Kassebaum is in an excel- lent position to save OSHA. the Clinton a~tr~tiom and the country from another ill-fated adventure in that would serve no one well. I/9/95 Dr. Lesher's weekly editorial reaches 610 newspapers nationwide, 475 chambers of commerce, 118 corporations and all members of the Senate and House. T140431503