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NAME: Te try Fr ake s REGION: VIII WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT WEEK OF MAY 18 - 22, 1987 LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY The week was spent in Dallas working on the monitoring the briefcase study. My activities included meeting daily with the members of the testing team and Dr. Guy Oldaker, of R.J. Reynolds, to review the day's test and give directions to the testers for the next day's business locations; confirming the next day's test sites with the business contacts; arranging new restaurant test sites in areas not covered by smoking ordinances and actually delivering testers to business and restaurant test sites because of their lack of knowledge of the Dallas area. Attended the city council meeting in Tyler at which a public hearin~ was held on a proposed smoking ordinance. Prior to the council m~eting I spoke with the city attorney and city manager to ascertain what action the council would take after the public hearing. As they indicated the council will hold another public hearing on July 10. After the meeting I met with several local TAN volunteers from Philip Morris and Brown & Williamson who had attended the hearing. It was a~reed that each of the TAN members would contact their respective eouncll members to determine their position on the proposed ordinance. Two of the volunteers also agreed to make contaot with the local chamber of commerce to try to stir some aetlvlty from them. The sales representatives were also to begin contacting their retail accounts and local distributors. I also contacted the two major cigarette distributors from Tyler. They agreed to contact the mayor prior to the council meeting and try to get a commitment from him to at least put off a vote on the proposed ordinance. I spoke with J.E. Younger, Mayor of San Marcos, Texas. The local health organizations have petitioned the city council to pass a smoking ordinance. Younger wanted The Tobacco Institute to participate in the public hearing on July 22. I assured Mayor Younger that the Institute would be well represented at the hearing. TI19810177

Met with the Dallas local counsels regarding a proposed workplace smoking ordinance in that city. Each of our local counsels have been contsctlng the members of the city council, the city manager and the six area chambers of commerce. At this point there does not seem to be a great deal of support on the city council for an ordinance that would affect the workplace. Also, all of the area chambers of commerce have agreed to at least pass resolutions and write letters to their council members stating their opposition to the proposed ordinance. The city manager has told our group that while he is aware the ordinance he has not read it and does not anticipate it being considered by the council while they are presently in their budgetary considerations. Met with Robert Staluka, Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business. Robert gave me the names of his directors in the Dallas area who can be expected to help us on the proposed workplace ordinance. Met with Gaylord Armstrong on Monday's hearing before the House Public Health Committee on Senate Bill 932, (This bill would allow the State Health Department to establish rules and regulations for clean air in all private and public buildings). Gaylord and I reviewed the material sent by John Rupp, of Covington and Burllng. (The Committee heard the bill and left it pending). TF/Im Q~QQQ(~Q 2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 Digital Equlp~ent Corporation - YKX/WMS Version V~.5 TI19810178