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PITTSBURGH, PA. 8ROOKLINE JOURNAL --W. 2,57O-- F(I-r$sURGH MEIROPOUTAH AREA NOV ~6 ISC~ Rep. Dawida sponsors bill prohibiting smoking-in public ;Ihe American.Cancer Society's Great American Smoke-Out was scheduled last Thursday and state Rep. Michael M. Dawida, D- Agegheny, is hop~g the public emphasis ou the dangers smoking will '%moke-out" House Bill 1174 from the State Govern- ment Committee a~d on the floor of the House for a vote. The legislation, which Dawida introduced early this ye~ar, prohi- bits smoking in public places and at public meethigs except in desig- nated smoking areas. Thebill has been bottled up in committee since April 8, 1981. c~mmoampla~e that most people refuse to accept the fact that it is a health har~rd both to the smoker and to the" person who must breathe the cigarette smoke of others," Dawida said. "People who smoke do ~'herever they feel like doing it and non-smokem are left to stiffer," he sdded. ".Public places-are que_nted by every segment of the .pop.ulafion from the very young the very old to p~le'with every variety of respiratory problem. These people should be able to go out in public and breathe air tmpolluted by c~gsrette smoke.". Dawida's leg~lation is modeled kt~er Minnesota's Clear Indoor Air Act which trust state enacted- 1973, In 1979 Abingto~ Tow~hip in Montgomery County emm~:i an ordinance regulating smoking in public places which is similar to House Bill 1174. . "Certainly I don't think the ~ate has the r~ght to tell an individual that he or she can't smoke," Dawida said, "but the state does have the right to protect the public health by limiting smoking in public places to designated areas." , Dawida said he would like to hold hearings on the leg~lation. ."The tobacco lobby has a strong hold on keeping the bill in com- mittee," Dawida said, "but ! think if the-public has an oppor- tuvdty to be heard" the legishtors would see there is strong support for the control of smoki~ in public placeS-'~ TI05390413

SE',~P, TEE~Ly NOV 26 1981 SAS TO B~N SMOKING ON TRIAL BASIS NEW YOR K-- Sc'andinavian Airlines says it will ban smokin~ on all its DC-9 flights--b~w~'~'~" [ Stockholm and Oslo on a trial basis from Dec. I through 15, and if passenger reaction turns out to be favorable, will also extend the move to other short haul flights in Scandinavia. T!05390414