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right to obt~n and use tobacco products. Community Stops Anti-Smoking Drive MEMPHIS--"People are congenial here and don't nL%od unenforceable laws that go against our basic nature" Based on that simple premise. Tony Geller and a host of others forged an aIliance late lest year Sat defeated attempts by anti-smoking zealots to restrict smokers' rights in the "Bluff City." The issue was settled by a vote in City Council chambers Janu- ary 8. But the real battle took place all over town as TAN members and other industry friends reached out to swing the opinions--and votesl--of their fellow citizens. The issue heated up last September TonyG,tlletofMemph;$. when a Council member proposed sweeping anti-smoking ordinances to replace the largely voluntary system in place since 1979. The new laws called for smoking/nonsmoking workplace sections in businesses with over S employees, in res- taurams, in all retail locations, and it would have forced smokers into the corridors of city buildings. Galler, who is vice president and general manager of Samelson-Leon Co., a leading tobacco wholesaler in Memphis, couldn't believe it. "1 happened to read about the proposal in the newspaper," he recalls, "and went down to attend the Council meeting to voice my opposition." What followed was a long, tough legTslative battle, complete with scheduled hearings, cancelled hear- ings and then rescheduled hearings. It was just the sort of situation that so often saps the strength and drains the resolve of active citizens who want rea- sonable laws, but who have other responsibilities in their busy lives. Galler, however, would not be put off, pulling to- gether all the allies he could, exciting them about the issue, and spreading word through his sales force and customers about the proposed restrictions. He Exercise excise and workplace influence! Exdse taxes and v~rkplace smoking re- strictions-they are the two top priorities for anti-smoking zeabts in the state capitols and dry halls this yea~ As you know, the Congressional derision last year to "sunset," of reduce, the federal dga- rette exdse tax as scheduled from 16-cents back to 8-cents per pack in October has been greeted eagerly by many state offidais--those offidals want that extra 8 cents in their state coffers. ItS; our job--yours and mine--to work dili- gently for fairness on this issue. V~ also have to make sure the dedsion to sunset tl~ nation- wide dgarette tax is not altered--we've got to fight hard and exercise our dtizenship. Robert Tollison of Virginia knows about ex- dse taxes, A tax expert on the faculty of George Mason Unive~/ty (Va.), ToIlkon knows f~rsthand the effects of excise taxes on indi- ,Aduals, businesses and the general economy talked w~th prominent c~t~zens, bcL~ness [eaders, res- taurateurs and others, convincing them to a~end the important hearings, Jc~nlng the effort v~re Gerry James, Ph']ip ris, Kathi King, RJ. Reynolds, John Grisantl, of Gn- santi's Restaurant, and Jerry Treece, district manager of Walgreens Department Stores. Gali~r~ sales staff and other allies even set up petition stands around town, at convenrence stores and tobacco shops, get- tmg over 10,000 signatures opposing the proposal in a matter of days. At the second Coundl meeting, Galler wes joined by 50 other citizens who "let loose the thund~" he re- calls. And after another two-week delay, dunng which the proposal was weakened by Council members, it was reborn--this time covering only dty buildings and workplaces em- ploying 75 or more, rather than the 5 originally called for. By the third Council meeting in December, the lawmakers split 5 to 5 on the proposal, a deadlock that was broken Jan. 8, when the city~ solons voted the measure down. "1 think we learned some important lessons," Gal- ler reflected after the vote. First, he says, the way to fight local antl-smoking restrictions is locally, enlisting the aide of citizens from all walks of life. "The key to all this,* he de- clares, "is to make your opinions known to the Council. People as citizens of the community make the difference. "John Gdsanti, for example, doesn't smoke but runs a well-known restaurant here. He% one of Memphis' biggest promoters and boosters, a real dvic dynamo. He's dead set against these kinds of laws because they unfairly intrude into his business. Naturally, he allied himself with us when he learned what we were doing." Galler says. Perhaps the most telling factor, Galler says, is that the battle was won because his side did not give up when the shuffling of hearing dates and postpone ments began. Tony Caller, an executive with Samelson- Leon Company in Memphis, also has a story worth telling. Tony worked successfully to stop unfair workplace smoking restric'lJons in their tracks. He played a key role in the indusby~; January victory in Memphis, helping get tough workplace provisions removed from that dty~ proposed anti-smoking ordinance. Then he helped defeat the entire proposal! Tollison and Galler are experts, with a strong belief in freedom of choice. There is much we can, indeed must, learn from their experiences and expertise if we are to be successful in the fights that lie ahead. Most state legislatures are now in session. I challenge each of you to do your utmost to help in the battle against the punitive tax mea- sures and unfair smoking restriction bills being mounted at all levels of government. By exercising your dtlzenship, your sup- port can make the d;fferencel "t~ my op,n';n, we really made a d~fference cause we la~tecl as long as the opposition. They kept putt,rig it off, and the easy thing to do is just walk away after a while. '1 did my part, Iet others do =t now," seems to creep into your think*ng. But our people remembered the key fact: the =ssue isn't re- solved untd the vote. "A final point," Galler stresses, "is for local resi- dents to go into a Council meeting and express log- ical, soft-toned objections to a given proposal. Rational arguments, presented by respected citizens, are what turned the tide here in Memphis. "1 think it'll work anywhere in the count~, too," Galler believes, "if you're willing to persevere, to work hard enough for victory." Tollison Hits Taxes FAIRFAX, VA.--"Excise taxes, at any level, are an inherently unfair and inefficient way to tax," says Dr. Robert Tollison, well-known economist and director of the Center for the Study of Public Choice at George Mason University here. "Although they are often thought of as luxun] taxes--covering items such as jewelry and airline tickets--most excises are levied on products pur- chased at proportionately higher rates by individuals at the lower end of the income distribution--prod. u~ts such as gasoline, dgarettes, alcohol and auto- mobile tires," Tollison observes. "Study after study has shown one basic result-- that the lower income members of working class America pay larger amounts of their yearly income in excise taxes. At the same time, excise taxes hardly touch the budgets of upper income households. "For example," he says, "a study done on the cigarette excise in New York showed that a family earning $15 000 or less a year-- which Eco ........ accounts for nearly 35 percent condemn~excise of all families in the state unfairne~. --pays three times as much as does a family earning more than $50,000 a year." Tollison, a former director of the Bureau of Eco- nomics at the Federal Trade Commission and a fre- quent consultant to the U.S. Department of Treasury, has testified often on the effects of excise taxes on the nation~ economy. "Basically," he says, "excises make the economy poorer than it would be in their absence. "Excise taxes, wherever levied, misallocate re- sources," he believes, "they cost the economy pro- duction and jobs. Furthermore, they impede the operation of the free competitive market and do not let cap{tal and investment flow to their most produc- tive uses." Tollison also asserts that excises "are essentially hidden taxes--a way for government to raise reve- nues that does not impinge on taxpayer conscious- ness. And contrary to the endless barrage of political rhetoric, excises are not really earmarked for any public programs. The revenues from excise taxes are typically mingled with general funds in such a way that people who pay the excises don't see any direct benefits from their payments to the government." Whether earmarked or not, Toltison believes, ex- cises are "a bad way for government to tax. People shouId know exactly what they pay in taxes every year and exactly what the government gives back to them in benefits. TEen they would be more able to maintain effective control of their tax burden. "All things considered," he says, "1 would venture to say that abolishing state and federal excise taxes wou!d stimu'ate eco~c.mic growth and raise national we~.h by b~!~icns of dollars." TI211116 3

Northern Nev southem story Lois Kostroski, execu- tive d~rector of the Flor- ida Restaurant Assoda- lion, travels the entire state to fight restrictive smoking legislation. By writing letters and tele- grams, making personal contacts and testifying on numerous occasions against such restrictions, she has made the case Lob Kostroskispeaks out against ~moking against government in- stfi~ions for restaurant trusion time after time. owner~ in Florida. "When you pass an ordinance such as this," she told the Tallahessee City Commission, "you take away our flexibility. Our patrons am our guests and we must be able to serve them, whatever their wants and desires might be--lncluding whether they want to sit in a smoking or nonsmoking section." TAN Activists scored another one in Tallahassee in opposing a samphng ban here. June Richardson, Lorillard, Roger Harris, Jr., R.J. Reynolds, Bill Mop mile and Mike Stephenson of Eli Wilt, Co., Peter ~itchell of the Tallahassee Automobile Dealers As- sociation, Jack Whiddon of the North Florida Fair Association, Don Nabl, U.S.Tobacco, Clarence Ross and Dan Yeoumans of Philip Morris and Ed Hornsby spoke up for smokers and the rights of local businesses at City Commission hearings. The Commission voted to enact the industry's Code of Cigarette Sampling Practices into law rather than the samphng ban. Monitor Perseverance = Victory! From July to December last year, St. Joseph County, Indiana, TAN members fought one of the nation's se- verest anti-smoking proposals. That fight ended Dec. 5, when the County Board unanimously rejected harsh restrictions that would have covered private workplaces and many other "public" areas. Gordon Ford came out of a three-year retirement from his d~stributing business to fight the proposal He mobilized Richard and Ruth Ford, his wife and son, and the entire staff, including Jack AIbertson of Ford Vending. Sales representatives from all the tobacco com- panies, bowling alley proprietors and restaurateurs like Dick Durnell, owner of Eddie's Restaurant, Jim Cira of Cira's Restaurant and Albert Hans of Hans Haus Restaurant pitched in, too, along with David Yawirs, president of the State I-I~tet/Mote) A~oda- t~on and many concerned citizens who live in the home county of Notre Dame University. Larcy ~ola, RJ. ReynoIds, and Bill Stumpf, Bond Oi~ ~nc, joined w~th Grog T. Wellington of Da~ton- Kie~son, Co and others from every segment of the Nid¢ R~lo deser~ ~r ~ratulat ens fa,r I~.:k;~g aheac~ to 1985. ~ito, charon ~f the ~rant ~c~at:on~ Government Affa;~ Com- ~u~ an~ John Millimn, and ~eg~ana~ Gerald Kupds met to ~ke a ~ar~ I~k at the mg ~;s~e a~d ~ affe~ ~n the h~l;t~ recently e[e~ed pr~;dent ~f the Tn-Ca~n~ ~cc~at~on~ Clark ~as b~n a~ve ~n ~n~usW snce the 197~s. And those wat~ing C~annet 39 ~ ~crk, D~. 2. saw AO~st Lom~ Up~ speaking ball of the Y~k County Ta~em ~6at~on abo~t pro~iems ~f drunk dn~mg. A~,s~ spreads beyond T~N~ ~ter GmgoHo, Philip Morns, F~nk AI~Slo, Lont].~;d. Ed Manning, RJ. R~no~ds, and AI Rozek, Brown & W~lliamson, should ~e congratulated for thezr t~me~ response to a request for help when a packet of s~x ant~-~okmg bills was sch~uled for New Jersey S~te ~semb~ fl~r cons~rat~om A to each produc~ responds to ~ndMdual state leg,s- Having fa~led in attempts over the past few years to enact public smoking restrictions in Maryland, an anti-smoking coalition calling itself "The HeaRhy Ma- jority" hired an attorney this year to lobby for them. However, the solid group favoring less government intrusion is again hard at work. Non-industry allies include the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, State Public Employees Union, Maryland Hotel and Motel Association, Retail Merchants Association, Montgom- ery County Restaurant Association, Maryland Amuse- ment Operators Association, Maryland State and Washington, D.C., AFL-CIO, Maryland and Washing- ton, D.C., Vending Association. Thanks to a sure-fired bunch of winners who aren't about to let a vocal minority withhold funda- mental individual tightsi Ohio tobacco family to prepare for the state's tough- est year of antl-tobacco activity. Thanks also to Bill Martin, Uggett & Myers, for his strong efforts against cigarette sampling ban legisla- tion in Milwaukee. Louis =Lou" Heffaman, Public Vending Co., and Bill Monty, Win. E Monroe Cigar Co., met wlth Cook County Commissioners during deliberations held on increasing cigarette taxes in Chicagoland. But in sp~te of Bill's excellent support, the Board chose to hike taxes on gasoline, oil, beec wine and tobacco, Minnesotans face similar challenges from the Tech- nical Advisory Committee on Nensmoking and Health, and its 39 recommendations going to the Governor for possible legislative action. Among the threats are anti-smoking workptace laws, sampling bans, an immediate 10-cent per pack tax increase, and a rejection of all tobacco advertis- ing Tn the state~ The ultimate CommiRee goal is a "smokeless~ state by the year 2000 Dennis Baker, R.J. Reynolds, Dale Miller, Philip Morris, Audrey Nessheim and Lyman Eldsvold, Minn~eta Assoc~at'on of Tobacco & Candy D,s- tfibutors, Leslie Goranson, RJ. Rey~'~ds, are among those plann rg ~or the corn ng fight Iat:r~ fr~=m l~'~tere~ed COT;~,t~e'~ts aro;Td t~E R~ Murgia, eYecu~,~ v~ce pres~ent o~ the M~- sach~se~ ~urar~t A~oc;at~3n, cent ~u~ to ~ad M~A'S effc~ to defeat ~:~I co~tro~s ~n s~ng in r~,~uran~ Tra~ to their t,mely r~#~, r~ent ant~-tobacc~ ~c~ ~e tum~ back ~ Mermen and New 8~fard, according to Regional V~ce Fre~ent ~nls ~ T~e wins, ~ "are a d~re~ r~h of tke o~mnd n~ eff~ of Presentations b~' Thad I~k of Thad~ Steak Ho~e ,n Ne~ Bedford, and Abe Basha~ of E~shop~ R~- two o~es. ]t was rem.~i~cent of the ba~es by the restaurant c~mun*~j *n ~o~on and 5pfing~e~d. eluding key re~urant owne~ I~ke Rudy S~e~ of Student Pnnca. Anthony Dellevo of Mt C. Magoo~ and Johnny ~navita of Fe~ Wa~ Tban~ to all for your ou~nd~ng wo~ Bob Tenan, R J. Reynolds sales representa~ve from Norfidgew~k. let Ma~ne legislative leade~ know fee~ings a~ut the r~ent tax h~ke in that state In a le~er to Speaker John Ma~in, Tenan sugges~ that careful consideratmn should ~ given to the "exces- sive tax bill" ~ing forced on Maine smokers Tenan also challeng~ the s~te ~eade~ to live up to their word: the ~ate~ 19~ e=ght-cent exose h~ke will be repea~ed if the federal tax does oot sunset in Oct- ober. Bob w~l] continue pushing for the po[~t~oan~ Sacramento citizens lost a tough workplace re- striction battle, but Cindy Powell didn't lose her initiative and "drive." She gathered over 200 sig- natures opposing the smoking restriction push. Dur- ing the campaign, Cindy inadvertently ran a red I}ght. When the police officer proffered a citation for her to sign, she agreed but only if the officer would sign her petition first--which he did! "It was easy," she said, in submitting her petition, "many peopte I talked to, smokers and nonsmokers, just don't want this kind of regulation." Harm Rlndenow, Lorillard regional sales manager for Southern California, maintained his "perfect" at- tendance record last year. During the past five years, according to California TAN records, Herm has par- tidpated in every public heating of importance to the industry ~n the region. Herin also made sure fellow Lorillard representatives were on hand. "in our free enterprise system, patrons can choose those businesses which operate in a way they find acceptablel" These strong words about smoking re- stnctions come from Don Mackln, president of the Moscow, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce. A Moscow anti-smoking ordinance proposal was defeated thanks to the dedication of local TAN mem- bers, 23 restaurateurs and 71 other concerned busi- ness leaders. They conwnced the City Council to try a voluntary plan designed by the business community Meanwhile. the Washington State Association of Tobacco & Candy Distributors and the Northwest Au- tomatic Retail Council pulled together to sponsor ad- vertisaments in the Tacoma News Tribune opposing proposed Pierce County anti-smoklng attempts. It does pay to advertise! A big thanks to Victor Rosellinl of Washington State for his thoughtful restaurant restriction article in the December edition of NRA News, the publica- tion of the National Restaurant Assodation. Vic, a past NRA pros=dent and owner of two Seattle restau- rants, concluded his story" "Mandatory (smoking) regulations can cause a form of indigestion restau- rateurs don't need." In Montana, Tom Maddox, executive director of the state~ Association of Tobacco & Candy Distribu- tors, and other industry reprer~ntat~ves set up a pow- wow with state legislators to discuss legislative pro- posals which would require restaurant and hospitaI=ty industries to separate smokers and nonsmokers. Spatial thanks go to Phil and Marion Phillips for sending in ne,,vspaper dips about tobacco industry topics ~n ~'~ew Mexico. "He may be retired," said Judy Wiedemeier, Re~;onal VrCe Fresident, "but he sure =sn't out of the business~" TI211116

A rewsletCer for concemed, aware, ac~,ve c,t~zens a~l orgar,~ons voluntarily unrted to respond to a~empts to right to obtain and ~se tobacco prod~cts. Participation: The Key to Success Give yourselves a collective pat on the back. You deserve it! Through the summer, more than 95 percent of the major anti-tobacco measures we've faced in the state legislatures have either been defeated or tied in knots in committees. Only a handful of anti-tobacco bills on key issues--taxes, smoking restric- tions, sampling--ever saw the light of day Atthe local level we did very well, too. Fewer than one-third of all the local battles on major legislation went the other way And most of those setbacks occured in small lo- calities, thus limiting their impact on the indust~ Our success wasn't accomplished with blue smoke and mirrors, though. Key TAN mem- bers and other important industry allies played a crudal role in victory after victory at the state and local levels. Our great record, however, creates a prob- lem for the National TAN Director. How do you select only one National TAN Activist of the Year? This year the decision was extremely diffi- cult. There are many many outstanding TAN members and other key tobacco allies. For instance, Mel Schwartz (RJ. Reynolds) from Delaware, Art Haboian (Lorillard) from Ari- zona, and Rhode Island distributor Dick Costello have been crucial in the fight against punitive anti-tobacco measures. Each is a repeat Activist of the Year. A special thanks to them for their exemplary work. But we must select one winner, and it's hard to imagine a more hard-working, de- serving redpient than R. Lance Jones (Philip Morris) from Folsom, Louisiana. Lance Jones, Louisiana's Distinguished Ac- tivist of the Year for the past three years and a former award winner in Mississippi, has not only recruited others to the cause. He~ also situation illustrates what we will be up against. As you know, Congress agreed to sunset the temporary 8-cent cigarette exdse tax in- crease, allowing the taxto drop from 16 cents back to its original 8-cents-a-pack level of two years ago. Yet that very federal sunset is going to cause problems in the states. Already, state leaders in Kansas and in six New England states have in effect said, "Let~ turn that 8- cent federal sunset into a state windfall profit. Let~ add the &cent tax to the state dgarette tax rate," We will be hearing this more and more as 1985 approaches. We know it will be a major issue. Now you know it will come up. Smoking restrictions and bans in the work- place and restaurants a~so w~ll be favorite tar- gets of the anti-smokers. We've got to be ready for those attacks. I am confident we will be ready--with your continued support participation. Again, we come back to that key word: et involved. Your efforLs have helped us overcome some ! tough hurdles in the past. With your participation, we'll jump the hur- dles facing us in the future--with activists like Lance Jones lead- ing the wayl Roger L Mozingo National TAN Director Lance Jones Chosen TAN Activist of the Year COVINGTON, LA.--"Some- times it's just like planting a seed and letting it grow for you," reflects R. Lance Jones, TAN A~vist of the Year. He spoke of the difference between immediate results from his activist pro- tobacco industry efforts-- a committee vote moving his way or a policymaker agreeing with his reason- ing--and more subtle long-term results that may be difficult to weigh or measure. R. lance Jones our state representatives, the vendors, wholesalers and store owners we work with," Jones recalls. ~/Ve pointed out the absurdity of banning smoking in the Superdome. The fact that only 50 percent of the air conditioning system was working was pointed out to the legislators, prompting us to ask why they didn't consider banning fist fights, cussin' and drink- ing there, too. "It really didn't take much arguing to convince the legislators of the folly of such a proposal. And we ended up seeing some of the things we were saying to the lawmakers in the newspapers the next day, things they'd passed on to the press," he says. The thing he emphasizes most strongly, however, is team work and the need for everyone to do his and her part. "Everyone should understand that no one person "In many ways, my most effective work may not . kept us apprised of legislative initiatives in the show any immediate results," Jones says. "What I try • " . - ve nee e as- to do when talking to people outside the business is ~ been th re e, ready to do I to discuss the 'rights' issues. What you have a right ~'~." ......... ~ .... I to do. And what you have no right to do. "~~" "'~'.','~" - .............. I "People seem to understand and appreciate that" He Is a member of the TAN AovIsory Corn he 36 I f th r f ve ~.I..A~.A.~v~.SOry~°ml -I~ -year-od a e o threebelie s,'certainly ~~ .Mississip .pi, a mere.-~ ~ much more than the single issue approach used by be~~na W oh lesaleTobacco and I |some. C~i~n, and~b~rd member of I | "And I guess rm lucky.," J.ones says, "1 genuinely th~iat~Qn of Convenience I I enjoy talking with people aoout their concerns-- ~"/'/'1 ............. ~ | their businesses the schools, local governmer~t and Sto=r.es. .~ ~ ...... I | other issues of i~terest to me and most people in "LanceJork~s r~.ke'3"myjob a lot easier,~ I | Louisiana. " ~siana Regional Di- I / "Then something happens," he continues. =It's ~'lable to help and his I I hard to nail down, but when you realize you share ~;~;.~r~ .... I I several interests with the people ~:)u've talked to, "~~~ =".-.-.'_~',~,~_-_~--":,__ I I thats the begmnmg of trust, andfolkswanttohear The Lance Joneses ot the world I(eep the I | more about your erimarv concerns" t~. _ _ g. Th. eY aren't c.ont.ent tel | The Philip'Morr~ section sales m;nager for Loui- ~[sce about past victories; I | siana knows there comes a time for direct action, thee to face new issues as they t | however. Recalling the recent ba~e over smoking in dev'elo~x " I | New Orleans" Superdome, "we were alerted to the ~~~ _.._ =... ....... ~ | problem during a sales staff meeting. There must ~_II~S~P.L~_~- \ ~ ~ave been 60 of us from al, over the state attending. ~..ore than ever ~.or th~ an- ~,~11 "we taIked about it, knew what we had to do, ti~ck look a~DClC='l;Z~ ~-and then a!l of us went to phones and started caII;ng does this kind of thing and succeeds alone. I really believe that it~ the personal participation of all of us that gets the job done. "1 know I don't do it alone," he insists. "1 have many friends and contacts around the state and have no problem with calling on them ~hen something important comes up. But it's their effort and the work of hundreds of others behind the scenes--the telephone callers and letter writers--that gets our point across." Meanwhile, Jones finds involving tobacco people in his state isn't d~fficult at all. What's needed, he says, is "awarenesgthat the individual can do some- thing constructive and a system"~like TAN and Philip M " tam (l"AP)-='that- c~eis the ind;vidua~'s energy into a larger commu- nity effort. | "There shoulcln't belany reason for us in the to- bacco business ~o hes~at~e~participating," he be- lieves. "Tobacco ~eay~ o~I) children's clothes and we all have~ah o~'ga_'tLd~glve something back." / That~ esd~dmli~4t'~'in Louisiana, Jones says, b~- / cause 198~ ~l~'~robab~y br;ng renewc~ efforts to set prohibitions against public smoking, and the leg- islature likely will reconsider increasing cigarette taxes as well, ~threats net likely to pass away any time soon," ~ones be~'eves. TI21111665

News from the North A special "you said its" ~vard to John Chang, PhTp Morns. The 1983 Penn;~yIvama D;stingu~shed TAN A~v~st t~d a ~ce~t banquet: %re m~ be 100 ~rcent c~mm~. An~hing ~s {s unacceptabIe~ ~n~Iva~ia restauM~t repr~entabves haw an- swer~ the ~1 to ~g~t punitive ant~*to~cco sures. 5F~a~ than~ to Ph~lph~a~ Ma~ ~ecu~ve d;r~or of the PhiladeI~ia/Delaware R~taurant ~iation, for organizing the f~ht again~ a broad anti-tobac~ measure ~n~oduced earlier th~s war ~n the ~ate Not to ~ out~ne, the Pent,anna State R~u- rant ~daOon, winner of a 1983 TAN A~vi~ Award, i~ legislative counsel Ro~ Mau~r, and the United ~vem ~ners of Philadelphia, 1981 and 1982 TAN award recipienB, have e~blished a I~is- lative aGion commi~ to fight the same ~esure. Joe Gain~rd kn~ ~m~ne mu~ take the ~ative, rhetonc won't do. Than~ to the Philip Morris division manager for his a~istance in organizing a seminar for Io~1 officlals in Wilke~rre, Penn., a first step in preventing introduGion of ant¢-indust~ legislation there. Ha~ off, too, to Kevin O'Ham, R. J. R~olds, L~Is Helfitein and I~ G~aHan, Golden Tobacco, David Pi~u, Lodllard, and Rose S~fano, Bake~ Midwest Monitor When officials in St. Joseph County, Ind., considered restricting smoking in almost all commercial estab- lishments and retail stores, Indiana's strongest TAN family was ready for action. Gordon Ford, of Ford Vending, his wife Nancy and son Richard distributed thousands of petitions urging defeat of the proposal and generated scores of calls and letters to local legislators~ Thanks to the Ford efforts and participation of dozens of Indiana individuals and groups--including Professor Bill Shannon, St. Mary's College, who spoke for the local restaurant association, the AFL- CIO Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Bartenders Union, St. Joseph County Hotel/Motel Association, officials from Notre Dame University, all 14 area bowling alley proprietors, and even the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department--the restrictive measure was still "on hold" at press time. Thanks to Ron Bradley of Philip Morris in Detroit. When a restri~ive issue arose in Garden City, Mich., Ron's quick action allowed enough time to organize against the measure. "[he resounding defeat of the proposal by the city council highlights the impor- tance, once again, of early awareness. "In a situation like this, because of the little amount of time involved, I felt it was better to report what may have turned out to be a rumor or false alarm rather than lose an important issue," Ron says. The same thing happened in Traverse City, Mich., where Klm Elliot't, Philip Morris, learned of possible sampling ban consideration by the town commission. As Kim put it, "Could you imagine losing an issue like that just because we didn't get a chance to tell our side of the sto~jl" After requesting a postponement of the vote, Kim and fellow TAN members went into action. The hard work paid off when the commission voted unan- imously to defeat the proposal. A special TAN thanks to Ron and Kim! W~sconsin's Distinguished TAN ActMst of the year is Martin Oberdeck, director of the Southern ~,~,~sconsin Tobacco Growers Ceoperat,ve, who's been in;'o~ed w;th the tobacco industry since he began working in the fam;ly tobacco fields 65 years ago. Jim Burke, P~o~eer D~stribut;ng, ~s a~ot~er TAN Confectionery & Tobacco '~k:rkers ~'nternational, for their suppo~ and t~re~ eff~ ;n ~ok~ng Ie~sIat,~n Of recent m~,ths. C~g~tu~t. ~ns to Br~me Coun~ ~ York~ Mike ~one, Lont,a~, ~ and Leo N~, 9r~the~, Gone Bums, Ma~ua~ T~bacco, and a pr~sed cornet smoking ~ Ey a wh~p~ng 16 to 1 In Ma~ne there have b~n ~me tough 5gh~--and se~ac~n tee ogare~e exose tax ~ssue. Marne w, Ii now have the h£gh~ per-pack tax m the count~ (28 een~) when the r~ent m~e~ tak~ effe~ n~t O~obec N~e~hele~, there ~ a sohd core of Maine a~v- i~--a core that continu~ to confront ~x and other tobacco i~ues forcefu{~ Leading tbe ~rge~and receiving high hono~ and the "S~ia{ A~{on Award" (n Ma~ne~was the ent{re Ph~I~p Morris force. The award will bear the na~s of thee d~ing TAN roomers: Edward ~n ~e,J~ ~ul B~ Frands "J~" Ri~s, P~ida Fr~ man, Michael King, John H~e~ Ste~ ~1, ~mas ~no, Jamie Upton, ~ilip Fasulo, ~y O'Donn~l, Ga~ Roix, Mi~ ~yn~n, ~ Ma~hews, Melissa ~e~ Miami S~uld- ing and ~vin McEwen. "The complete d~icati0n of each member of this group ~s an example to us all," said R~nal Vice President Dennis ~e~ who made the award award winner in Wisconsin. Congratulations on your outstanding participetionl Hats off, too, to North Dakota's Gordon Emerson Of DAKO Distributing, South Dakota's George Val- entine of Capitol Enterprises, and distributor Duane Riedel. Also, Minnesota's Leslie Goranson, R J. Reynolds--all TAN winners. Word from the West -I'he word is wonderful if Tucson activists are any measure of success. Especially Joe Elafante and Penelope Miedaner of the Southern Arizona Restaurant Association (SARA~ Both have worked Iong and hard over tbe past two years to develop a voluntary program for smoking/no smoking sections in Tucson and Pima County restaurants. Despite vocal criticism from local anti-smokers, the County Board agreed to give their program a trial run. Over 200 Tucson restaurants have chosen volun- tarily to establish the SARA program, with national media coverage closely following its success. Ray Edwards, Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce~ candidate evaluation committee chair- man, has been active in developing a Voter Guide. Edwards~ guide to candidate views for the November election demonstrates participation in the democratic process can take many forms! And Art Deigado, Lorillard, Earl Porter and Malty Kerfoot, Ponca Wholesale, and many other Arizonans have joined forces to ensure that the other side of the smoking issue is heard and considered by state and local government offlcials. For the first time in 13 years, the Texas legislature passed a major tax hi& 7he measure, designed to raise $5 billion to fund the state's education system, includes a two-cent dgarette tax increase. A Texas-s=ze effort was mounted to remove the cigarette tax. Special thanks are due to James lison, R,M. Dodson, H.W, Freeman and H. Gober of R J. ReynoIds, Uoyd Force, U.S. Tobacco, Bob Gilliam, Ponca Wholesele, Tommy Latta, Brown & WHliamson, John Love and Don Pellogrino of Philip Morris, and Barry Cohen, Unda Snyder and David Williamson of LoriIlard. D,stnbutor Ken Adcock'testified for the industry at the House Wa~ and Means Committee haanngs. These and many others who lent support get a ~Lone Star th~ks~ Southern A bg Sun,.'.~e State thanks to TAN a,.-t~st Eileen Staton f-~r alert,~g T~N t~ anb-smok,ng being sugg~ted for O~ond Bea~, Fla. W4h the sup~ and c~ration of the Ormond ~a~ C~a~r of Commerce and ~ pre~dent, Mi~ ~n~s, and others like the fo~ at 5~ton Vending Co., the ordmance was n;p~ in the bud. ~e mayor w~U now ap~int a comm~ee of ¢~er- ~ed dtizens to work w~th/he Cham~r to ~mpl~ ~nt a volunta~ smoking pr~ram in the ~ide communi~ W~thout ea~ awarene~ and a~e ~r- ticipat~on, there hke[y would now be a r~tHGive smoking law ~n Ormond Beach. Gain~H;e TAN members a~ work~ tir~s~ m op~sition to anti-smoking ordinanc~ pm~sed by • e d~ council ~e~ concerned FIo~dians indude Glen and ~bbie Knigh~ Philip Monis, Dyaad - An~rson and Uz ~lliams, Lorillard, Baby Ch~ nau~ RI~ J~es, Lewis ~ers, MIIImd and Mike $mi~, all of Eli W;~ Co., Ligge~ & M~, Dennis Ondrako, Ameri~n Tobacco, and ~vln Fl~gerald, R.J. Reynolds. Glen ~n, Tony Moss, Rod Grover, L~alne Smith, Elijah Davis and Bill Swain, all ~ilip Morris employ~s, also were among the many who help~ drum up citizen and busin~s suppo~ in the communi~ Hurry to Jerw Williams, ~utive vice president of the Nodh Carolina Restaurant ~s~ation, for his strong opposit~n to pressures in Gr~nsboro to re- stri~ smoking in re~auran~ and o~er public places. Jer~ and fellow TAN voluntee~ ~n Gr~ns~ro made their peat successfu)~. Local officials withdrew the r~UiGive measure. Hurrah, too, to Herschel Stoops, R.J. Reynolds, in Spokane for letting us know about a proposed anti- smoking ordinance there, and Mike Kavenaugh, Brown & Williamson, for awareness on similar threats in Bellevue, Wash. Rid¢ Mason, Canteen Service of Tacoma, was a great help in tracking ordinances in Pierce County, Wash. And Pete Griego, Chuck Studebaker and Dan Jones of Philip Mords, contacted their council members to voice opposition to the Pierce County measures. Coloradoans can be proud of Charlie Lyon, Philip Morris, for tackling the public smoking ordinance now on the November ballot in Fort Collins. Wilson Croom. le~ accep~ hL¢ Distinguished TAN Activist Award from Mary O'Del/, executive director of the Colo- rado Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, and ~ Regional Director Ter/y Frakes Kudos, too, at the Colorado Association of To- bacco and Candy Distributors annual convention in Steamboat Springs, where Distinguished TAN Activist -awards were received by Wilson Croom, Stan Grog and Rick Flaks of S~R. Flaks Co., David Bershof, Mid-Continent Who~=,sale, I~t Cunardl, Jr. and Glenn Hanes, R.J. Reynolds, Glenn Gratta, Brown & Wi]liamson, and Brad Maynard, Uggett & Myers, in recognition of their strong pro-industry work in the past year Everything's up to date in Kansas C~ty, and so is Dwight Afford, FfiTIip Morris, for his timely monitor- ing of restrictive smoking actMties in Overland Park and Olathe. Thanks aiso to Ed McAtee, RJ. Reyn- otds, ~n Lenexa. Otadle Kroog, LeriIIard, in Kansas Qt-~ a~cl Don Francis of tee Kansas Restaurant Association for their help ;r} Overland Park. Tt21111666

You and Welcome! the National TAN Director, I'd like to wel- come you to our new publication, Tobacco Action News. it will appear several times a year in your special edition Tobacco Observer. Tobacco Action News is geared to the ac- tive TAN member--the Doer with a capital "D'--and other key friends of the tobacco indust~ It will provide a concise summary of events of importance and interest to leaders like you. It will spotlight those volunteers who really do make the difference. Tobacco Action News will also inform you of future fights, of results, of how to be most effective. How did we select you to receive this pub- l/cation? The process began some time back. To meet tobacco assaults head-on, the in- dustry established TAN---the Tobacco Action Network. Since its inception in 1977, TAN membership has climbed to more than 85,000 volunteers nationwide. Within this c we've identified indi- Suffolk Suffolk County, N.Y., executive Peter Cohalan's re- cent veto of restrictive public smoking legislation is a tribute to all the TAN volunteers and tobacco friends who worked long and hard to get their views to him. On March 28, the Suffolk County legislature voted 13-5 for a smoking restriction bill described by many as the "most restrictive" in the country. But in ~ate April, Cohalan vetoed the measure. Among his reasons: • It created "arbitrary and irrational classifications in violation of federal and state constitutional guaran- tees of equal protection." • it placed an "unfair economic burden on restau- rants and similar eating establishments," • It created "serious practical problems of compliance and e~f~rcement~" I~ "am]~iguity and vagueness would ~ad to unnecessary confusion~ viduals who, like yourself, walk the extra mile to defend the industry against unfair attacks. Whether it's writing a letter to your local councilman, visiting with your state Iegislator or attending a hearing, you've been there when the chips were down. And we know you'll be with us to face new battles. What are some of the issues facing the in- dustry? The list includes punitive tax hike measures at all levels of government, work- place and general public smoking restrictions, and the "self-extinguishing" cigarette controversy. Thanks to you, there is one topic we don't have to include. That% the Civil Aeronautics Board proposal to ban smoking on short flights of one hour or less or two hours or less. Due in large part to your efforts, which produced thousands of letters, the CAB re- cently voted against such a ban. But what must be done to stop the con- stant barrage of other anti-tobacco proposals? Here are a few ways you can help us fight this wave of anti-tobacco proposals, be they national, state or local. One of the most ~mportant is to encourage your colleagues within the industry to enroll and participate actively m TAN. More peo- ple who are willing to help, as you have been, can make a difference. Another step is to take action, when asked, by writing that letter or making that call to your elected representative. Politicians do take stock of what the voters are saying. You, as a constituent, have an important voice in your communityi Only by working together can we continue to be successful against these legislative pres- sures. With your continued support, victones like the CAB can--and will--be repeated time and time again. Tobacco Action News is dedicated to such goals. And to you! Roger L. Mozingo NATIONAL TAN DIRECTOR T A N T A L K S Vetoes Smo__kingBans\ Tobacco Institute regional vice president Ric Scanlan, left, worked closely with the Long Island Restaurant A~oclation In the effort to kill a proposed Suffolk law, Shown preparing to testify against the bill, which was later vetoed by the county executive, are from second left, restaurant assodation officers Ed Buyer, Timothy Archdeacon and Andre Guillet. • it lacked "practicality and common sense:' Cohalan, who said he is a nonsmoker, said he sym- pathized with the objectives of the proposal, which would have restricted smoking in many restaurants and workplaces. But the Suffolk County executive, like any elected official, is sensitive to community sentiment, to the voters who decide elections. And in this instance, he was ovenNhelmed with requests to veto the law. Thousands of Suffolk County residents and busi- ness owners wrote, caIled, wsited and signed peti- tions in opposition to the legislation. And, as is the case with any legislator who must make tough deci- sions that affec-t his constitueno~, he could not p~ease eve~%A~c~Jy. Suffolk citizen invotvement proves the system works. '~I'AN voIuntee~s went wiId c~mmu~ vice president Ric Scanlan said. "I've never see~o much positive support for the industry. We work'~ hard and it paid off." Manufacturer, distributor, retail and vendor sup- porters as well as bowling alley owners and restau- \ rateurs, carried petitions from one end of the count. to the other. They called upon their neighbors for affected by the legislation. 'q'here is no doubt in my mind that Cohalan, be- cause of TAN efforts, got the message," Scanlan said. We'd like to mention all those who contributed to this massive effort, but, Scanlan admits, a listing of evePjone would resemble the New York telephone books. "We can't list everyone, We'll just say you showed that our industry can and will stand up to be counted. We thank you one and all! Ti21111667

News fronl awareness c,f I,~I events,~4h news c]~ps and effo~ to pr~ent the A[leot~wn Oty government from banning smo~ in go--merit budd~ and public Than~ m t~ A~ent~ public~ng baste also go to Lonl]ard~ JerOme, f~ ~grou~d brief- rags on the ~lff~ 8uc~ £oun~ smokers can t;p their hob to non- smoker Helen Ly~k of $e~[ersw][e ~k has partu- pated in eve~ TAN mobdizabon since the organization b~an. "What parti(ularly troubles me," she says, "~s the 'ho~ier than thou' mentali~ exhib~t~ by someY Ly~k's latest (ontribution to TAN came in momtoring a smoking restda~on propel in East Rockhill ~ownsh~p, Midwest Monitor Thanks to the efforts o( people like Covalla Tobacco's Joel Borkln, Dick Ebert of Tri-Mart and Jim Burke, P=oneer Distnbuting, the smoking restriction bill that eventually passed the Wisconsin legislature was greatly watered down. Chet Wagner of Wagner Bowling Lanes also was a tremendous help in the legislative effort. The owner of a bowling alley, a tavern, a pro shop, a restaurant and several retail stores, all in the same complex, Wagner asked, 'Am I going to have to put little yellow lines all over my stores to designate smoking and nonsmoking areas?" Thanks also go to Ed Lump of the Wisconsin Res- taurant Association; Lou Boushe, Nicolet Paper; 6eorge Mueller, Wisconsin Tissue Mil)s; Martin Obe~eck, Southern Wisconsin Tobacco Growers; and Tom Dohm, Wisc, Independent Businessmen, Also, Philip Morris' David and Laura Blunk and citizens Rich Belongia, David Fleer, Mark Freder- Ick, Rick TVedt, Matt Ahrens, Walter Rayfield, Undo Meudt and James Olds. Evanston, II1., smokers pay another nickel tax on a pack of cigarettes? No, decided a coalition of local businessmen and TAN volunteers. They persuaded the city council to delay a proposed 5-cent cigarette tax increase until Sept. 1, 1984, to give them a chance to show current revenues are sufficient. Our thanks go to drug store owners Kevln Camp- bell, Bill Petostianln, Larry Katz and Marvin Un- ell, Rubln Soposnik, K Mart's Terry Hess and Erv. and Sol Meadow of Brand Howard Discount. Hats off to Michigan's Tony Johnson, Phdip Morris. who works long and hard to ensure his associates are aware of the importance of public participation in the legislative process to fight restnctive smoking legislation For want of a few votes, Smokers m t~ny Cad Junction, Me., will be paying an extra 4 cents per pack for ogarettes Residents of the town voted 181-I 78 m favor of the tax proposal, with revenues to be used for a sewage treatment plant, Our thanks go to Philip Morris' Nicki Lee, whose letters to the editor and the voters helped persuade the 178 to vote against the tax Lee had only lived m Carl function for four weeks, but still managed this super effort! Thanks ~n part to the efforts of Weslon, Me. to- bacco grower Louis Smither, the Tobacco ActJon Networi¢ in t~'e Show-Me State ,s on f;rm leering. Cor.grat~tat,~ns to Rudy Rlchtar, Lmn!Iard, cn c~n~j c~m~)eted a term a= Fernsylvas(a Tobacco Table ~r, h;~ ~pare t,m~. he St't} A~ ~n Fh,I3de~3, pros ~ent Ivan DeVoran monthly meetings fe~tunn~ From the s~te cap.~l, a h~story lesson from ~n- ni$ Nichol$on, ex£cuti~e d,rector of the state Tavern Asso~at~on N{chohon ~tes ~me the first non tobacco orgamzat~on to support =ndu~ g~ls, The assocmt,on drafted a proposal ~anks to a~l in the Keystone State Our deepest appreoaton go~ to Ray ~annell and ~rolyn ~obson of the Bake~, £onfeG~onery and Tobacco Worke~ Internat¢onal Umon. They've worked ~ng and hard to educate themr counterpar~ in organized labor on propesak dealing w=th tobacco tax issues and public smoking restrict#ons in Mary- land and Washington. D.£, A heartfelt thank you to th~s dynamic duo~ Smither' president of the M~ssoun Council for Bur ley Tobacco, has mobihzed his colleagues into an ef- fective force to oppose cigarette tax increases, anb smoking laws and proposed smoking restrictions on board commercial aircraft. "Louis Smither ~s an involved otizen.., to the point of travehng four hours to the state capitol to testify against anti-tobacco legislat=on," says regional director Stan Boman "When he ~s needed, he =s al- ways there:' Also there when needed are Missouri TAN volun- teers Robert Schrand, Gannett Outdoor Advertis- ing; Tony Karakas, Marcus D~stributmg, Dwight Alford and Ray Sivils, Philip Morns; and Charles Kroog, Lofillard. McCowan. ~,','e~.t V,r~m~ ~ ~t&m~r ~,, , ~mz&P; Jim Nooney; Lake Polan I~1, Hu~t,~gt~ Fnde ~n Tu bocce Au~ton Warehousv, g'~.~er William H. Al- len; G~rge Cook, We~t Wg~n,a Hotel and Motel Association, Bob Neal, We'A V,rg{~,~a Reta~l Assn. ~arlo~e Edwards, 8ufley T~bacco G;owers Assooation; John Hodg~, W~st Wgm,~a WhoIe sa~ers Assooat~an. ~nd Bill No~ingham, Wps~ ~,n~3 TO~3CCO Char,:11 Hen~ aria Elide, Staten ~[ Ormons BeaChr ~1~ owners of the H&H Vend,n~ Lompan/, have named Outstanding Honda IAN Act~wsB for 1983 Through thee many pe6ona] centers, thee ws~s to venous c~ comm~sszoner% lhe~r appearances be, fore numerous organ~zahons attd the;z moral sup. port, they were able to turn a mandatnry dilL. smoking ordinance .rite a vnhmtaw orograR~ .r home Other TAN volunteers honored ~or tnew work .u ~londa ~ndude Paul Engethardt and Steve Warner of konllard; Dan Youmans and Sam Di~erson, Philip Morns; 8ill Karst, Uggett; Gone Gilliam, Brown & Wii[~amson, Brad Halsey, RJ Reyno[ds A coalibon of Georgia businessmen and wome~ helped persuade the legislature the Peach State doesn't need restnctwe restaurant smoking legml~ion Our thanks go to Bob King el the Georgia Hosp~- tahty and Trave~ Association, Bill McBrayer, Georgia Reta~t A%ociabon. Bert Ffidlin, Nabonal Federation of Independent Bus~n~ses, State Reps. Hugh Mat- thews of Moultrie, James Moore of West Gree# and Bobby Paten, Lake City. Bob Nash of the Georgia Farm Bureau; Margaret kupo. Mary Macks Restaurant; and Vic Impec[ato. th~ Summi~ Club Word from the West TAN volunteers have been the mainstay of industry legislabve victories in the Northwest this year. Washington's Chuck Herd of the state Tobacco and Candy Distributors; Mike Galvln of Galvln D~s- tributors; Wilbur Pribllsky, BurBee Company; Lorillard's Murray Solomon; and Bill McCreary and Ron DIItz of Brown and Williamson, were essential in efforts to defeat seven different bills. They also kept us informed of legislative goings-on in Tacoma and Thurston County. TAN is alive even in Alaska, where Dan Thompson of the Alaska Music Company played a key role in reducing the impact of a public smoking bill in his state. And although Oregon had no legislative session this year, Bob Hasson, Coin Machine Sales & Serwce. continues to keep us informed of act~wty of interest to the tobacco industry. Thanks and keep up the good workl New Mexico's Grog Dowell uses a shale-cassette show called "Your Voice Counts" to demonstrate the importance of fighting anti-smoking actiwties through the legislatwe process. "1 wish every TAN volunteer could see his presenta- tion." says regfonal vice president Judy W~edeme:ec Dowell, of Philip Morns, also organized a letter wntmg campaign on his own time to oppose pro- posed increases in state exc;se taxes. He was respon- ' sible for more than 1,000 letters to key teg~slatwe committee members. AISO in New Mex<o, Lorillard's AI Smith, of Albu- querque, CC'~t rues to be an actTve TAt] votunteer At a recent TAN adv~s.~ry committee meet.ng called to discuss a potential tax increase, one senator's name was mentioned. "1'11 talk to him now," Smith prom~sed He did. The executive dnectors of three state d~stnbutor as. sociations and their employees form TAN'S backbone m the Rocky Mountain region. Malt Harshe of New Mexico, Tom Kilty of Wyo- ming and Mary O'Dell of Colorado can always be counted upon to answer a TAN call to arms. "No on 661 :' That's the message several Colorado TAN volunteers wore on buttons letting the Denver £~ty Council know they opposed a proposed ban on smobng m grocery stores. Spotted during one city council meeting on the legislation were Pit and Mary Cund~ri, Col Mason, Ylla Kontos, John Clerici, Moir Ayers and Mike Cuccla, all of R I. Reynolds A~so, Don Qulnn of the Colorado,Wynm=ng Res ~aurant As~ooatlon and Don MacManus of the Rocky Mountmn rood Dealer~ Assoc~at~or,. The council mernbers n'ust have seen the har,d writing, because they defeated ordinance 66! Colu, Phd,p Morr s' Los Olson and Chadie Lyon Our thanks also go out to Phlhp Morris Dwight AI- ford and John Clary of Kansas Qty. Karts for bnng. Ovedand Park. Kant, T121111668

Participation: The Key to Success Give yourselves a collective pat on the back. You deserve it! Through the summer, more than 95 percent of the major anti-tobacco measures we've faced in the state legislatures have either been defeated or tied in knots in committees. Only a handful of anti-tobacco bills on key issues---taxes, smoking restric- tions, sampling---ever saw the light of day At the local level we did very well, too. Fewer than one-third of all the local battles on major legislation went the other way. And most of those setbacks occured in small lo- calities, thus limiting their impact on the industry. Our success wasn't accomplished with blue smoke and mirrors, though. Key TAN mem- bers and other important industry allies played a crudal role in victory after victory at the state and local levels. Our great record, however, creates a prob- lem for the National TAN Director. How do you select only one National TAN Activist of the Year? This year the decision was extremely diffi- cult. There are many many outstanding TAN members and other key tobacco allies. For instance, Mel Schwartz (R.J. Reynolds) from Delaware, Art Haboian (Lorillard) from Ari- zona, and Rhode Island distributor Costello have been crucial in the fight against punitive anti-tobacco measures. Each is a repeat Activist of the Year. A special thanks to them for their exemplary work. But we must select one winn~ and it~ hard to imagine a more hard-working, de- selving redpient than R. Lance Jones (Philip Mords) from Folsom, Louisiana. Lance Jones, Louisiana~ Distinguished Ac- tivist of the Year for the past three years and a former award winner in Mississippi, has not only recruited others to the cause. He's also kept us apprised of legislative initiatives in the Deep South. Whenever we've needed as- sistance, Lance has been there, ready to do his share and then some. He is a member of the TAN Advisory Com- mittees in Louisiana and Mississippi, a mem- ber of the Louisiana Wholesale Tobacco and Candy Assodation, and a board member of the Mississippi Association of Convenience Stores. "Lance Jones makes my job a lot easier," says John Hightower, Louisiana Regional Di- rector. "He is always available to help and his network of contacts is the best I've seen." The Lance Joneses of the world keep the tobacco family strong. They aren't content to sit back and reminisce about past victories; they continue to face new issues as they develop. Believe me, we'll need your full support and partidpation more than ever for the an- tidpated 1985 battles. A quick look at the tax situation illustrates what we will be up against. As you know, Congress agreed to sunset the temporary &cent cigarette exdse tax in- crease, allowing the tax to drop from 16 cents back to its original 8-cents-a-pack level of two years ago. Yet that very federal sunset is going to cause problems in the states. Already state leaders in Kansas and in six New England states have in effect said, "Let~ turn that 8- cent federal sunset into a state windfall profit. Let's add the 8-cent tax to the state dgarette tax rate.~ We will be headng this morn and more as 1985 approaches. We know it will be a major issue. Now you know it will come up. Smoking restri~ons and bans in the work- place and restaurants also will be favorite tar- gets of the anti-smokers, we've got to be ready for those attacks. I am confident we will be ready--with your continued support and partidpation. Again, we come back to that key word: participation. We win legislative battles where we get involved. Your efforts have helped us overcome some mighty tough hurdles in the past. With your continued partidpation, we'll jump the hur- dles faring us in the future--with activists like Lance Jones lead- ing the way! Roger L. Mozingo National TAN Director Lance Jones Chosen TAN Activist of the Year COVINGTON, LA.--"Some- times it's just like planting a seed and letting it grow for you," reflects R. Lance Jones, TAN Activist of the Year. He spoke of the difference between immediate results from his activist pro- tobacco industry efforts-- a committee vote moving his way or a policymaker agreeing with his reason- ing--and more subtle long-term results that may be difficult to weigh or R. Lance Jones measure. "ln many ways, my most effective work may not show any immediate results,~ Jones says. '~Nhat I try to do when talking to people outside the business is to discuss the 'rights' issues. What you have a right to do. And what you have no right to do. "People seem to understand and appreciate that," the 36-year-old father of three believes, "certainly much more than the single issue approach used by some. "And I guess I'm lucky," Jones say5, "1 genuinely enjoy talking with people about their concerns-- their businesses, the schools, local government and other issues of interest to me and most people in Louisiana. *1"hen something happens," he continues. "lt's hard to nail down, but when you realize you share several interests with the people you've talked to, that's the beginning of trust, and fo~ks want to hear more about your primary concerns." The Philip Morns section sales manager for Loui- siana knows there comes a time for direct action, however. Recalling the recent battle over smoking in New Odean~ Superdome, "we were alerted to the problem during a sales staff meeting. There must have been 60 of us from all over the state attending. "We taIked about it, knew what we had to do, and then all of us went to phones and sta~.ed caI]in~ our state representatives, the vendors, wholesalers and store owners we work with," Jones recalls. "~ pointed out the absurdity of banning smoking in the Superdome. The fact that only 50 percent of the air conditioning system was working was pointed out to the legislators, prompting us to ask why they didn't consider banning fist fights, cussin' and drink- ing there, too. "It really didn't take much arguing to convince the legislators of the folly of such a proposal. And we ended up seeing some of the things we were saying to the lawmakers in the newspapers the next day, things they'd passed on to the press," he says. The thing he emphasizes most strongly, however, is team work and the need for everyone to do his and her part. "Everyone should understand that no one person does this kind of thing and succeeds alone. I really believe that it~ the personal participation of ~11 of us that gets the job done. "1 know I don't do it alone,~ he insists. "l have many friends and contacts around the state and have no problem with calling on them when something important comes up. But it's their effort and the work of hundreds of others behind the scenes--the telephone callers and letter writers--that gets our point across." Meanwhile, Jones finds involving tobacco people in his state isn't difficult at all. What's needed, he says. is "awareness that the individual can do some- thing constructive and a system"--Iike TAN and Philip Moms" Tobacco Action Program (TAP)~"that channels the individual's energy into a larger commu- nity efforL "There shou!dn't be any reason for us in the to- bacco business to hesitate in participating," he be- lieves. "Tobacco pays for our children's clothes and we all have an obticjation to give something back." That's especially true in Louisiana, Jones says, be- cause 1985 wdl probably bring renewed efforts to set prohibitions against public smoking, and the leg- islature likely will reconsider increasing cigarette taxes as well, "threats not likely to pass away any t~me soon." lones believes. T121111669

News from the North A specral "you sa;d ~t~" award to John Chang, Ph~Iip Morns. The 19~3 Pennsylvania D,sting~ shed TAN Acti~st told a recent banquet. "We m~ be 100 p~cent comm~tt~ An~hing I~ is unaccep~ble~ Pen~Nania ~urant ~epr~en~t~ves ha~ an- swer~ the ~[ to 5ght punitive ant~-tobacco mea- sures. Special than~ to Philadelphia's ~ ~e~tNe dire~or of the Philadet~a/Delaware ~1~ R~urant ~sodation, for organizing the fight against a b~oad ant~-tobacco measure int~uc~ earlier ths year m the state ~pital. Not to be outdone, the Pennsylvania S~te rant ~ociation, winner of a 1983 TAN A~ivi~ A~rd, ~ I~sla~ve counsel ~obe~ ~aum~ and • e United Tavern Owners of Philadelphia, 1981 and 1982 TAN award ~ipien~, have e~ablished a legis- lative a~ion commi~ee to fight ~e ~me measure. ]~ 6ainard kno~ someone must take the mi- tiative, ~hetoric won't do. ~han~ to the ~ilip Morns dMsion manager for his assistance in organizing a seminar for Io~1 offidals in Wdkes-Barre, Penn., a first ~ep in preventing introdu~ion of anti-ind~ I~islation there. Ha~ off too, to ~lin O'H~te, R. J. Reynolds, Eewi$ Belf~ein and Ira 6~arian, Golden Tobacco, David Pl~u, Lorillard, and ~ose $chafa~o, Bake~, Midwest Monitor When officials in St. Joseph County, Ind., considered restricting smoking in almost all commercial estab- lishments and retail stores, Indiana's strongest TAN family was ready for action. Gordon Ford, of Ford Vending, his wife Nancy and son Richard distributed thousands of petitions urging defeat of the proposal and generated scores of calls and letters to local legislators. Thanks to the Ford efforts and participation of dozens of Indiana indlviduals and groups--including Professor Bill Shannon, St. Mary's College, who spoke for the local restaurant association, the AFL- CIO Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Bartenders Union, St. Joseph County Hotel/Motel Association, officials from Notre Dame University, all 14 area bowling alley proprietors, and even the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department--the restrictive measure was still "on hold" at press time. Thanks to Ron Bradley of Philip Morris in Detroit. When a restrictive issue arose in Garden City, Mich., Ron~ quick action allowed enough time to organize against the measure. The resounding defeat of the proposal by the city council highlights the impor- tance, once again, of early awareness. "In a situation like this, because of the little amount of time involved, I felt it was better to report what may have turned out to be a rumor or false alarm rather than lose an ~mportant issue," Ron says. The same thing happened in Traverse City, Mich., where Kim Elliott, Philip Morris, learned of possible sampling ban consideration by the town commission. As Kim put it, "Could you imagine losing an issue like that just because we didn't get a chance to tell our side of the storyC After requesting a postponement of the vote, Kim and fel!ow TAN members went into action. The hard work pa~d off when the commission voted unan- imously to defeat the proposal. A spedal TAN thanks to Ron and Kim! Wisconsin's Distinguished TAN Activist of the year is Martin Oberdeck, director of the Southern W~sconsin Tobacco Growers Cooperative, who's been involved with the tobacco industry .¢;nce he began working in the ~amiIy tobacco f,elds 65 years ago. Jim Burke, F~cneer Di~r;butmg, .s another TAI~ Confect,or, ery& Tobacco Workers International, far c.ppos.t ~ t~ ~he Sut~ Ccun~, Long ~ra~d smoking leg~aton of relent mcnthy Mike M~e, Lc~'~rd, ~y and Len Almy, Erothe~, G~ B~s, Mnt~a~ T~bacco, and a ~f othe~ '~ho ccntafled l~,shto~ there to defeat In Maine there have been ~me tough ~gh~and sethacM~on t~e tigereye exose tax issue. Maine w;[l now ~ave the Eigh~ per-pa~ tax m the (28 cent) when the recent mcrea~ ~kes effe~ O~obe~ N~eAhel~, there is a soIid core of Maine a~iv- i~a {ore that continues to confront tax and other tobacco iss~ forcefully Lead,n# the @arge~and r~eMng high hono~ and the "S~c~al AGIon Award" in Ma~ne--w~ ~e entire ~hilip Morris sal~ force. The award will bear the names of thee d~eMng TAN mem~: Edward Van Dyke, loser Ba~ek, ~ul B~e~ Fronds "Joe" Ri~ards, ~da Fm~ man, Ml~ael King, Jo~n N~k~ Ste~ ~om~ ~no, Jamie Upton, Philip Fa=ulo, ~mo~y O'Donnell, 6a~ Roix, Mi~el Boynt~, ~rry Ma~he~, Mell~ CaAe~ Ml~ael Spauld- Ing and K~in M=Ewen. ~e complete d~ication of each member of th~s group is an example to us all," ~id R~ional Vice President Dennis ~e~ who made the ~ard presentation. award winner in Wisconsin. Congratulations on your outstanding participation! Hats off, too, to North Dakota~ Gordon Emerson of DAKO Distributing, South Dakota3 George Val- entine of Capitol Enterprises, and distributor Duane Riedel. Also, Minnesota's Leslie Goranson, RJ. Reynolds--all TAN winners. Word from the West "[he word is wonderful if Tucson activists are any measure of success. Espedaliy Joe Elafante and Penelope Mledaner of the Southern Arizona Restaurant Association (SARA). Both have worked long and hard over the past two years to develop a voluntary program for smoking/no smoking sections in Tucson and Pima County restaurants. Despite vocal criticism from local anb-smokers, the County Board agreed to give their program a trial run. Over 200 Tucson restaurants have chosen volun- tarily to establish the SARA program, with national media coverage closely following its success. Ray Edwards, Tucson Mebopohtan Chamber of Commerce3 candidate evaluation committee chair- man, has been active in developing a Voter Guide. EdwardS' guide to candidate views for the November election demonstrates partidpation in the democratic process can take many forms! And Art Deigado, Lodllard, Earl Porter and Malty Kerfoot, Ponce Wholesale, and many other Arizonans have joined forces to ensure that the other side of the smoking issue is heard and considered by state and local government officials. For the first time in 13 years, the Texas legislature passed a major tax bill The measure, designed to raise $5 billion to fund the states education system, includes a two-cent cigarette tax increase. A Texas-size effort was mounted to remove the dgarette tax. Special thanks are due to James li~on, R.M. Dodson, H.W. Freeman and H. Gober of R.L Reynolds, Lloyd Force, U S. Tobacco, Bob Gill/am, Ponca V~oIesale, Tommy Lotto, Brown & Wiliiamson, John Love and Don Pellegrlno of Philip Morn% and Barry Cohen, Undo Snyder and Davld Willlamson of LorilIard. Distributor Ken Adcock testified for the mdustry at the House Wa~s and Mea~s Committee hearings. Tl~ese and many others who lent support get a bzg Lone Star thanks. Southem Story A big Sunshine Stat~ tt~anks to TAN a~'~.st Eileen Staten for aIeM;ng being ~u~ed fcr C~nd Be3ch, F~a. With the sup~ and c~perabon of the Orm~nfl Beach C~mber of Commerce and ~ prevalent. Michelle Conno~, and others I~ke the fol~ at S~ton Vending Co., the crdmance was n;ppe~ m the bud. ~e mayer will now appomt a comm~ of toler- ated 6tize~ to work with the Chamber to imple- ment a v~lun~ seeing program in the seaside commun~, W~thout early award,s and a~ive ~r- tidpat=on, ~ere I~kely would now be a re~ri~e smoking law m Ormond Beach. Go,new, lie TAN membe~ also worked timl~s~ in opp~ition to anti-~ohng ordinanc~ pmpos~ by the ci~ coundl. These concerned Floridians include Glen and ~bie ~igh~ Philip Morris, ~aad A~er~n and Uz Williams, Lorillard, Barney nau~, Rick J~e=, ~wls My~, MIIla~ and Mike Smi~, all of Eh W=~ Co., Bob Cooper, Ugge~ & Myers, Dennis Ondrako, Amed~n To~cco, and Kevin F~gerald, R.J. Reynolds. Glen ~en, Tony Mo~, Rod Gro~r, Lorraine Smith, Elijah Davis and Bill Swain, all Philip Monis ~plo~, also wee among the many who hel~ drum up citizen and business suppo~ in the communi~. Hurray to Jerry Williams, executive v~ce president of the North Carolina Restaurant ~ciation, for his strong opposition to pressures in Greensboro to re- strict smoking in re~auran~ and other public places. Jer~ and fellow 7AN voluntee~ in Greens~m m~e their point succ~sful{y, Local offidals withdrew the r~tri~ive measure. Hurrah, too, to Herschel Stoops, R.J. Reynolds, in Spokane for letting us know about a proposed anti- smoking ordinance there, and Mike Kavenaugh, Brown & Williamson, for awareness on sirnilar threats in Bellevue, Wash. Rick Mason, Canteen Service of Tacoma, was a great help in tracking ordinances in Pierce County, Wash. And Pete Griego, Chuck Studebaker and Dan Jones of Philip Morris, contacted their council members to voice opposition to the Pierce County measures. Coloradoans can be proud of Charlie Lyon, Philip Morris, for tackling the public smoking ordinance now on the November ballot in Fort Collins. Wilson £reom, [aft, accep8 his Obrin~luished TAN ActMSt Award from Moo' O'De//, executive director of the Colo- rado Assoclat~en of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, and TI Regiona/ Director Terry/:rakes. Kudos, too, at the Colorado Assooation of To- bacco and Candy Distributors annual convention in Steamboat Springs, where Distinguished TAN Activist awards were received by Wilson Croom, Stan Grog and Rick Flaks of S.R. Flaks Co., David Bershof, Mid-Continent Wholesale, Pat Cunardi, Jr, and Glenn Hanes, RJ. Reynolds, Glenn Grotto, Brown & W~l]iamson. and Brad Maynard, Uggett & Myers. in recog nition of their strong pro-industry work m the past year. Everything's up to date in Kansas City, and so is Dwight Afford, Philip Morris, for his timely monitor- ing of restrictive smoking activities in Overland Park and Olathe, Thanks also to Ed McAtee, RJ. Reyn- aids, ~n Let, axe, Chadie Kroog, Lo~;)~ard, in Kansas Ci~ and Don Fronds of the Kansas Restaurant Assodation for their help ,n Overla~d Park T121111670

A newsletter fat concerned, aware, r umted to respond to attempts to restnct' prohibit right to obtain and use tobacco products. Community Stops Anti-Smoking Drive MEMPHIS--'PeopIe are congenial here and don't need unenforceable laws that go agains~ our basic nature." Based on that simple premise, Tony Galler and a host of others forged an alI,ance late last year that defeated attempts by antl-smoking zealots to restrict smokers' rights in the "Bluff City." The issue was settled by a vote in City Council chambers Janu- ary 8. But the real battle took place all over town as TAN members and other industry friends reached out to swing the opinlons--and votesl--of their fellow citizens. The issue heated up last September TonyGallerofMemphis. when a Council member proposed sweeping anti-smoking ordinances to replace the largely voluntary system in place since 1979. The new laws called for smokinglnonsmoking workplace sections in businesses with over 5 employees, in res- taurants, in all retail locations, and it would have forced smokers into the corridors of city buildings. Caller, who k vice president and general manager of Samelsen-Leon Co., a leading tobacco wholesaler in Memphis, couldn't believe it. "1 happened to read about the proposal in the newspaper," he recalls, "and went down to attend the Coundl meeting to voice my opposition." What followed was a long, tough legislative bat'de, complete with scheduled hearings, cancelled hear- ings and then rescheduled hearings. It was just the sort of situation that so often saps the strength and drains the resolve of active citizens who want rea- sonable laws, but who have other responsibilities in their busy lives. Caller, however, would not be put off, pulling to- gether all the allies he could, exciting them about the issue, and spreading word through his sales force and customers about the proposed restrictions. He Exercise excise and workplace influence! Exdse taxes and workplace smoking re- strictions-they are the two top priorities for anti-smoking zealots in the state capitols and dry halls this year. As you know, the Congressional decision last year to "sunset," or reduce, the federal dga- rette exdse tax as scheduled from 16-cents back to 8-cents per pack in October has been greeted eagerly by many ~ate offidals--those officials want that extra 8 cents in their state coffers. ICe our job--your~ and mine-to work dili- gently for fairness on this issue. V~ also have to make sure the decision to sunset the nat/on- w~de dgare~e tax is not altered we've got to fight hard and exercise our dtizenship. Robert Tollison of V~rginia knows about rise taxes. A tax expert on the facu[~ of George Mason University (Va.), ToEson knows firsthand the effects of exdse taxes on indi- viduals, businesses and he general economy. talked w~th prom;hoOt ot~zens, bus~ness Ieaders, res- taurateurs and others, conwn~ng them to a~end ~e implant heanngs. J~inmg the effo~ were Ger~ ~mes, Ph~p Mar- ~s, K~hi ~ng, RJ. R~lds, John Gri~n~, of Gri- ~nO~ R~urent' and Je~ ~ece, d~ manager of Walgreens DoCUment Stores. Gal~er's ~ ~aff and oth~ a[li~ even set up petition ~an~ around to~, at convenience ~or~ and to~cco shops, g~- ling ~ver 10,000 signatures opposing the propel ~n a maffer of days. At the s~ond Council meeting, Gal[er was joi~d by S0 o~er citizens ~o "let loose the thunder" he re- ~lls, And after another ~w~k dela~ during which the propo~l w~ weaken~ by Council member, it was reborn--~is ~me covedng only ci~ buildings and workplac~ em- ploying 75 or more, rather than the 5 originally called for. By ~e third Council mee~ng ~n Decembec the lawmake~ split 5 to 5 on the pmpo~l, a deadlock that was broken Jan. 8, when the ci~ solons vot~ • e measure down. "1 think we learned ~me impo~nt I~sons," Gal- ler reflexed aRer the vote. Fi~t, he sa~, the way to fight local an6-smoking ~tri~ions k Io~1~, enlisting the aide of citizens from all wa~ of life. "The key to all this," he dm clares, "k to make ~ur opinions known to the Coundl. P~ple as citizens of the communi~ make the difference. "John Gri~nti, for example, doesn't smoke but runs a well-kno~ restaurant here. He's one of Memphi~ biggest promote~ and ~sters, a real cMc ~amo. He~ dead ~t against ~ese kinds of la~ b~ause they unfairly intrude ~nto his busing. Naturall~ he allied himself with us when he learned what we were doing." Gaiter ~ys. Perhaps the most telling fa~o~ Galler ~ys, is that the battle was won b~ause his side did not give up when the shuffling of hearing dates and postpon~ men~ began. Tony Caller, an executive with Samelson- Leon Company in Memphis, also has a story worth telling. Tony worked successfully to stop unfair workplace smoking restrictions in their tracks. He played a key role in the industry's January victory in Memphis, helping get tough workplace provisions removed from that dty~ proposed anti-smoking ordinance. "i'hen he helped defeat the entire proposall Tollison and Galler are experts, with a strong belief in freedom of choice. There is much we can, indeed must, learn from their experiences and expertise if we are to be successful in the fights that lie ahead. Most state legislatures are now in session. I challenge each of you to do your utmost to help in the battle against the punitive tax mea- sures and unfair smoking restric~on bills being mounted at all levels of government, By exerdsing your c~tizenship, your sup- port can make the d;fference! "in my opm;;n, we realty made a d~fference cause we lasted as long as the opposition. They kept putting it off, and the easy thing to do is just walk away after a wh le, '1 did my part, let others do it now,' seems to creep into your thinking. But our people remembered the key fact: the issue isn't re- solved until the vote, "A f~nal point," Galler stresses, "is for local resi- dents to go into a Counc;I meeting and express log- ical, soft-toned objections to a given proposal. Rational arguments, presented by respected citizens, are v/nat turned the tide here in Memphis. "1 think it'll work anywhere in the country, too," Galler believes, "if you're willing to persevere, to work hard enough for victory." Tollison Hits Taxes I=AIRFAX, VA.--" Excise taxes, at any level, are an inherently unfair and ineffident way to tax," says Dr. Robert Tollison, well-known economist and director of the Center for the Study of Public Choice at George Mason University here. "Although they are often thought of as luxury taxes--covering items such as ewelry and airline tickets--most excises are ev ed on products pur- chased at proportionately higher rates by individuals at the lower end of the income distribution--prod- ucts such as gasoline, cigarettes, alcohol and auto- mobile tires," Tollison observes. "Study after study has shown one basic result-- that the lower income members of working class America pay larger amounts of their yearly the same time. excise taxes hardly touch the budgets of upper income households. "For example," he says, "a study done on the cigarette excise in New York showed that a family earning $15,000 or less a year--which EconornbtRober~ To#boa accounts for nearly 35 percent condemn$ exdse of all families in the state unf~lrn~. --pays three times as much as does a family earning more than $50,000 a year." Tollison, a former director of the Bureau of Eco- nomi~ at the Federal Trade Commission and a fre- quent consultant to the U.S. Department of Treasury, has testified often on the effects of exdse taxes on the nation~ economy. "Basically," he says, "exdses make the economy poorer than it would be in their absence. "Excise taxes, wherever levied, misallocate re- sources," he believes, "they cost the economy pro- duction and jobs. Furthermore, they impede the operation of the free competitive market and do not let capital and investment flow to their most produc- tive uses." Toll[son also asserts that excises "are essentially hidden taxes--a way for government to raise reve- nues that does not impinge on taxpayer conscious- ness. And contrary to the endless barrage of political rhetoric, excises are not really earmarked for any public programs. The revenues from excise taxes are typically mingled with general funds in such a way that peopIe who pay the excises don't see any d~rect benefits from their payments to the government." Whether earmarked or not, Tollison believes, ex- cises are "a bad way for government to tax. PeopIe should know exactly what they pay in taxes every year and exactly what the government gives back to them ~n benefts. Then they would be more able to maintain effective control of their tax burden. "All things considered," he says, "1 would venture to say that abolishing state and federal excise taxes weutd stimulate econamic growth and false national wealth by b Tr,ons of do1 are." T121111671

They're go'ng to have to come up with a newword in the d~,=t~'~,ary to de~n~e Don Br~nd~ud. T~e dynamic owner of Tobacco V~Ia~e in Wh,tebaI[, Pennsylvania, has w~n ~ral TAN ~at are the ~h~gs he d=~ to s~y t~ name a few: eve~ other w~k he the Lehigh Valley--Allentown, Bethlehem and Cabin--scene; writes lette~ to the editor when un- fair a~[ct~ are wt~en; ge~ to know are pa~ of h~s area3 "~a~t~a~ scene;" and fo~ar~ suggestions on how best to fight workplace re- stri~ions in h~s ar~a. Than~ again, Don~ Bill ~ay, ~on and Pat D'An~a, of Blair Candy Co. and Frank Ca~el~tande, Philip Mo~s dMs~n manage5 w~rk ha~d to keep the ~ndu~ appns~ a~ions ~n Altoona, too W~th help from thee foil, the Altoona Ci~ Council dropp~ anti-smoking ~dc~ons p]ann~ for pubhc bu~ldmgs and ~mply up- dated the fire code section on flammable materials. soumem smry Lois Kostroski, execu- twe director of the Flor- ida Restaurant Associa- tion, travels the entire state to fight restnctive smoking legislation. By writing letters and tele- grams, making personal contacts and testifying on numerous occasions against such restrictions, she has made the case Loi'~ Kostro~kispeaks out aga~mt smoking re. against government in- strictions for restaurant trusion time after time. ownel~ in Florida. "When you pass an ordinance such as this," she told the Tallahessee City Commission, "you take away our flexibility. Our patrons are our guests and we must be able to serve them, whatever their wants and desires might be--including whether they want to sit in a smoking or nonsmoking section." TAN Activists scored another one in Tallahassee in opposing a sampling ban here. June Richardson, Lonliard, Roger Harris, Jr., R.L Reynolds, Bill MoP mile and Mike 5tephenson of Eli watt, Co., Peter Mitchell of the Tallahassee Automobile Dealers sociation, Jack Whiddon of the North Florida Fair Association, Don Nab/, U.S.Tobacco, Clarence Ross and Dan Yeoumans of Philip Morris and Ed Hornsby spoke up for smokers and the rights of local businesses at City Commission hearings. The Commission voted to enact the industry's Code of Cigarette Sampling Practices into law rather than the sampling ban. Midwest Monitor Perseverance =Vlctory] From July to December last year, St. Joseph County, indiana, TAN members fought one of the nation's se- verest anti-smoking proposals. That fight ended Dec. 5, when the County Board unanimously rejected harsh restrictions that would have covered private workplaces and many other "public" areas. Gordon Ford came out of a thr~-year retirement from his distnbuting business to fight the proposal. He mobilized Richard and Ruth Ford, his wife and son, and the entire staff, including Jack Albertson of Ford Vending. Sales representatives from all the tobacco com- panies, bowling alley proprietors and restaurateurs like Dick Durnell, owner of Eddie's Restaurant, Jim Cira of Cira~ Restaurant and Albert Hans of Hans Haus Restaurant pitched in, too, along w~th David Yawars, president of the State Hotel/Motel Associa- tion and many concerned dt}zens who live in the home count'.,' of No~re Dame Un;versity. Larry Foole, RJ. Reynolds, and Bill Stumpf, Bond C,1 Inc. j0'ned with Grog T. Wellington of Da)~on- Kie~son, Co. ard others from ever-/segment of the Nick Rillo de~erve~ co-.-3ratula:,ons for ~k;ng R~au~nt ~oda:~n~ G~v~mer, t Aff~;~ Com- m~, the ~so~a~on~ ;~,~Iat~ve c~n~elors, Bob 6~ Kupds met t~ take a hard ~k at t~ s~k- C~n~t~at~ns a~so t~ Oark Meade~ wSo w~ r~e~y e[e~ president ~f t~ Tr,-C~uaty Tavern ~;c)at~on Clark h~ b~n a~;~e ~n ~n~tr/ba~ s{nce th~ 1970s. And those watching Channel 39 ~ (.York, PA.) on ~ec. 2, ~w ACMst Lore~ LipM speaking cn bm ~lf of tSe Y~rk Counbt Tavern ~dat~on about the pr~lems of drunk dnwng. A~(v~sm spreads be~nd T~ ~ter 6ffgorlo, Philip Mords, Frank Al~Io, LoriIlard, Ed Manning, ~L Reynolds, and AI Roze~ Bro~ & W;ll~amsen, shouId ~ co~gratulated for their timely response to a r~uest for help when a packet of six anti-~oking biI~s was scheduled for New le~ S~te ~emBy floor consideration. A call to each produced respons~ to indMdual state I~s- Having failed in attempts over the past few years to enact public smoking restrictions in Maryland, an anti-smoking coalition calling itself "The Healthy Ma- jority" hired an attorney this year to lobby for them. However, the solid group favonng less government intrusion is again hard at work. Non-industry allies include the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, State Public Employees Union, Maryland Hotel and Motel Association, Retail Merchants Assooation, Montgom- ery County Restaurant Association, Maryland Amuse- ment Operators Assodat=on, Maryland State and Washington, D.C., AFL-CIO, Maryland and Washing- ton, D.C., Vending Association. Thanks to a sure-fired bunch of winners who aren't about to let a vocal mmodty w~thhold funda- mental individual rights! Ohio tobacco family to prepare for the state's tough- est year of anti-tobacco activity. Thanks also to Bill Martin, Liggett & Myers, for his strong efforts against cigarette sampling ban legisla- tion in Milwaukee. Louis "LOu" Heffernan0 Public Vending Co., and ' Bill Monty, Wm. E Monroe Cigar Co., met with Cook County Commissioners dunng deliberations held on increasing cigarette taxes in Chicagoland. But in spite of Bill's excellent support, the Board chose to hike taxes on gasoline, oil, beer, wine and tobacco. Minnesotans face similar challenges from the Tech- nical Advisory Committee on Nonsmoking and Health, and its 39 recommendations going to the Governor for possible leg;slative action. Among the threats are anti-smoking workplace laws, sampling bans, an immediate 10-cent per pack tax increase, and a rejection of all tobacco advert~s- mg in the state. The ultimate Committee goal is a "smokeless" state by the year 2000. Dennis Baker, R.J. Reynolds, Dale Miller, Philip Morris, Audrey Neasheim and Lyman Eidsvold, M;r, nesota Assoc;ation of Tobacco & Candy Dis- tfbutors, Leslie Goranson, RJ. Reyn.clds, are among • ose planning for the coming f;ght. MP~ effo~ to defeat ~I c~n~o~ cn s~ok~ng ~n r~uran~ T~an~ to thor t~m~ly re~n~, recent M~th~ a~d ~ B~fcrd, accor~,ng to V~ce Fr~dent ~nnis ~r. ~ose w~ns, ~ler "are a ~;re~ r~uI~ ~f ~he ~uts~nd;ng eff~r~ of Io~l r~ra~t c'~ne~ .~ th~se c~tie3 " ~entat~c~s by ~ad I~k of Tnad~ Steak m N~ ~f~rd, and ~ Basha~ ef Bishop's Res- taught m L~ence s~a[~ a turning point m these ~o c~t, es It was reminiscent cf the ba~I~ by ~he re~urant commun~ m B~on and Springfield, ~n- duding k~ restaurant o~ers hke Rudy Sche~ of Student Pr~nce, Anthony Delle~ of M~ C. Mageo~ and Johnny Bonavita cf Fer~ Way. Than~ to a~I for your cu~tand;ng work ~ Bob Tenon, RJ. Reynotds ~Ies repre~ntative from Nomdgewock, tet Maine I~slat~ve leade~ know his f~l}ngs abo~1 the recent tax h~ke m that ~te. In a letter to Speaker John Matin, Tenan sugges~ that care~l consideration shouId ~ given to the "exces- sive tax bill" beng forced on Maine smokers. Tenon also challenged the state ~eaders to Iive up to their word: the state~ ~ 984 eight-cent excise h~ke ~11 be repealed if the f~eral tax d~s not sunset in Oct- ober. Bob ~1~ continue pushing for the po{~ticians' promise, Sacramento citizens lost a tough workplace re- striction battle, but Cindy Powell didn't lose her initiative and "drive." She gathered over 200 sig- natures opposing the smoking restriction push. Dur- ing the campaign, Cindy inadvertently ran a red light. When the police officer proffered a citation for her to sign, she agreed but only if the officer would sign her petition first--which he did! "it was easy," she said, in submitting her petition, "many people I talked to, smokers and nonsmokers, just don't want this kind of regulation." Helm Rindenow, Lorillard regional sales manager for Southern California, maintained his "perfect" at- tendance record last year. During the past five years, according to California TAN records, Herm has par- ticipated in every public hearing of importance to the industry in the region. Hera also made sure Loril]ard representatives were on hand. "in our free enterprise system, patrons can choose those businesses which operate in a way they find acceptable! ~ These strong words about smoking re- strictions come from Don Mack/n, pros=dent of the Moscow, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce. A Moscow anti-smoking ordinance proposal was defeated thanks to the dedication of local TAN mem- bers, 23 restaurateurs and 71 other concerned busi- ness leaders. They convinced the City Council to try a voluntary plan designed by the business community. Meanwhile, the Washington State Assodation of Tobacco & Candy Distributors and the Northwest Au- tomabc Retail Council pulled together to sponsor ad- vertisements in the Tacoma News 1Hbune opposing proposed Pierce County anti-smokmg attempts. It does pay to advertise! A big thanks to Victor Rosellini of Washington State for his thoughtful restaurant restriction article in the December edition of NRA News, the publica- bon of the National Restaurant Association. Vic, a past NRA pros=dent and owner of two Seattle restau- rants, concluded his story; "Mandatory (smoking) regulations can cause a form of indigestion restau- rateurs don't need." tn Montana, Tom Maddox, executive director of the state's Assooation of Tobacco & Candy Distribu- tors, and other tndustry representatives set up a pow- wow with state legislators to d~sc~ss legislative pro- p~sals which would require restaurant and hosp:tality industries to separate smokers and nonsmokers. Special thanks go to Phll and Marion Phillips for send7ng ;n newspaper clTps about tobacco industry ~:op!cs ~n New Mexico. "He may be retired," said Judy Wiedemeier, R~ior31 'Vice Fr~srdent, =b~t he sure isn't cut of the b~smess!" T121111672

A new, crier for concer~ed, aware, ac0ve citizen and organlzatio~s voluntarily united to respcmd to attempts to restr~t, prohibit o¢ otherw~e in~ with their r~Jht to dotain and use tobacco prcxJuc~. A Job Well Done D uring the Winter and Spring of 1985, we faced the most difficult state and local legisla- tive agenda in my many years in the tobacco industry. By mid-May, more than half the states had introduced tax bills that, in one way or an- other, wore a result of federal sunset activity and speculation.You recall that the federal cig- arette excise tax doubling is scheduled to sun- set or drop back, from 16 to 8 cents per pack on October 1, 1985. The thought of pick ng up those extra 8 cents has caused mouths to water in many state capitals around the country. Our success in stopping the attempts by states to increase their cigarette excise rates has been good, but far from total. By mid- May, four states---Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota--had passed 8-cent tax hikes; Mississippi enacted a 7-cent hike, plus 8 cents morn if the federal tax sunsets; and five other states--Arizona, Man, land, Montana, New Mexico and Utah--adopted hikes contingent on the Federal sunset. Meantime, 10 states defeated tax increase legislation and another 18 states were still considering tax measures. On the smoking restriction front, we have been fairly successful at the state level.., our record at the local level is not as good. Our efforts, of course, have focused on state and local proposals that would ban or severely restrict smoking in the workplace. With the help of volunteers like you, we have managed to hold the anti-tobacco forces in check in most instances. But wo have had our hands full. By May, 121 smoking restriction bills had been intro- duced in 38 states. So far, eight bills have been enacted into law. At the local level, 22 of 100 restrictive measures had been passed by press time. Our success this year is a reflection of your partidpation in the issues you believe to be important. Take a moment to read about your friends, neighbors and fellow volunteers who have helped. All involved--including you-- deserve a lot of credit. And let me ask a favor of you. When you are involved in a tax or smoking restriction effort, please let us.know.., take a few min- utes to write and tell us about your experiences. We want to mention every volunteer possi- ble, and your friends will profit by reading about your experiences in the next Tobacco- ActionNews. You can reach us by writing, Editor, TobaccoActionNews, Box WW, 1875 ! Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20006. Again, thank you all for volunteering ~ur time and e,o.. Roger L Mozingo We Have Friends in Pennsylvania! "Great cooperationl It was a textbook case. More than 200 Pennsylvania volunteers turned out to help on House Bill 259, a particularly nasty The state hibit Pennsylvanlans from smoking taurants and in many other The measure is still pending Health Committee. "This bill is one of the toughest I've seen," sald Kupris, "but team effort is helping to turn the tide for us." Two headngs on H259 were conducted this spring, B~,mle also organized tdephone bank and letter-writ- ing drives through volunteers in his assodation. With the help of i~rmls Nlcholsont Pennsylvania Tavern Association and Frank Burn~, Art Muesslg and Debble Vahey, United Tavern Owners of Phila- delphia another 15,000-plus signatures were regis- tered for the Harrisburg hearing two weeks ater. the first on April 19 in Pittsburgh--the sponsor~ home town--and then on May 2 back in Harrigou~g, the state capital. "Hearings are crudaT opportunities to air differing viewpoints on an Issue; but wilJ~out the proper groundwork, our side would have been blown out of the water," Kupris said. Who can lay the proper groundwork? What does it take/It takes people like Sharon H~rls of Phila- delphia, according to Kupris. Harris, public rel~Jom director for Stan Harris Company (a major vmding outfit in southeast Pennsylvania), took it upOn he,dr to w~te more than S0 friends, alerting tJ~=m to the consequences of H259. Proper groundwork definitely entails I~er writing. Kuprls says, "those with an interest in the da~t of" smoking restriction legislation, or any measure; have got to pick up a pen and express their v~ews; Hun- dreds of letters of oppositio~ poured into the offices of state legislators. ,~ ' "We simply informed people.., to~, .th~..what this unfair bill would do...voluntee~ ~ mt' and flooded the legidature with lette~ said Kupris. Legwork is also a part of ground, rode. By the t~me of the se~ord hearing in Hanis~, more than 37,000 petition signatures were gatht~d in opposi- tion to the workplace bill. Bernie Pucke, Al!egheny Coonty Tavern Asso~a- tion execu~t~ve, ted the charge, gatP~dng more than 22,0~0 s~n~res for the 5r~t hearing i~ Pit't~rgh. Additional sup- port was provi- ded by members of the Bowling Proprietors Association, under the guid- ance of John Mllllron; by the hard work of the Pennsylvania Manufacturer~ Assodation's Bill ganneberg; and by lonnl Hanflamafl of the Pennsyl- ~n Fled~ te..ffl~ng, vania Travel Council--the umbrella organization of the state~ hospitality indust~ Of course, several tobacco company officials and sales personnel donated their personal time to the effort. Janette Zel~'t (Lndllard), for example, con- tacted friends and associates and brought 40 con- cerned people with her to the Pittsburgh hearing. Rudy Richter and l~m Klein, both of Lorillard, organized phone bank operations with the able as- sistance of Diniel $. 61Nette and his friends at the Western Pennsylvania Tobacco T~ble. Tobacco Tdole members also spearheaded opposition by alerting Pittsburgh resident~ of the bill's contents and the hearing date. Special thanks ~re due Tony Vurde, Dean Hill, (:Jay Lambeth and ~ Be~siey, PJ. Re.molds, for their great assistance in letter-wrlt~ng and petition efforts. And Philip Morris' section sales manager • John Chang, along with D=ve Wiley, dMsk~n mare ager, and Vond~ H~t~ldns, sales rep, were vital to our organTzation~l efforts in Phtsburgh. Mark Ko~ Brow~ & Wiflramson, helped lead the charge~..w~th e~ceilent conrdina6on exper~se provided by L~ggett & M~rs' Mitchdl leretein, sec- tion sales manager, and Mary Watts, division manager. Kupris felt that by the time of the hearings, ~Our groundwork prepared us for the hearings. We were ready to go before the state panel." Richard Story, executive director of the Pennsylva- nia Restaurant Association, Dave Miltk~ Philadel- phia//Delaware Valley Restaurant Assod~on, and Burr Young, Western Pennsylvania Resta~ant Asso- ciation, helped greatly in preparing testJ~ooy for ~ hospitality industry. Restaurant officials ~ Story, Mink and Young know the hardships such anti-smok- ing laws can impose on restaurateur and patron alike. One of the star witnesses at the Pittsburgh hearing had to be Dan Fleck, a popular restaurateur and former state legislator, He ably ~presented the views of the Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Ast, odation, but not before members of the Health Committee had come down to say hello to their old friend from the state legislature," Kopris said. Labor support was crucial and solid. An outstand- ing job was done by Sam I~ppa, i~ttsburgh Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco local leader who spoke against the bill and helped organize statewide labor opposition. Pappa spoke on behalf of his 5,000 Fitts- burgh area BC&T members; and in his capacity as vice president of the Allegheny Central Labor Coun- all, Pappa was ab)e to tell Health Committee mere- hers that his 200,000 Central Labor Coundl members opposed the bill• BC&Ts Philadelphia representative, John R~uscher, was vital to the cause as well.., as was the important labor testimony given by lob Mdntlre, vice president of Pennsylvania's 1.2 mi)iion AFL-CIO chapter. Tom Grtffith of Teamsters Local 776 and Rick Rioomingdate, AFSCME, presented strong cases against the bill, too, And our work before and during the Harrisburg hearing was made a lot easier by the super v~rk of Lo~tt~ Uppy, National Licensed Beverage Assodao tlon d~rector and board member of the Pennsylvania Tavern Assodation. ~ aren't out of the woods yet on H259," Kupris emphasized. "Witho,t the continued organizational support of our good friends throughout the Keystone S~te, the anti-smokers could still turn the rabies on us. So be prepared to go back into battle. We still need that determ.inat~n exhib:ted Jn preparat~cn fcr and during the P~ttsbur~h and Harrisburg hearings." Ti21111673

How do you counter a ~rn, ec~ia e'~ent~ ~ea~uring a~t~- smok, ng "stars" !ike "%ny Rar~a~!'~ ~t~. do~,e wth the support of members of t~e bu~ness ccmmun~tf--~-~h petiole ~ "star" as good o~e~s More than 70 New "~rk City v~unteers turfed cut at a health committee hear,r~ in Apn~. Thanks are due ICev~n O'Hare, Reyno'ds. Joe O'Rourke. Brown & Wi'l,amson, Don Hutchinson, Liggett & ~rs. Monty P=ulk. Philip ~ms, and Gene Sypniewski, Lonl~d, for thek t~reless effortx~ Ti~ank~ also go to George Cooper, New York Cham- ber of Business & Ind~t~ for hrs as~i~Iance ~n a le~cer- vw~ng campaign. And our deep appreeiat~on to Fred .simpson, president of the New York State Restaurant Assodation, George Ellcofon, executive director of the Association of Tobacco & Candy Distributors, for t~bfy- ing at the hearings, and to Tiny Weintraub of NCM~-. these fo~ks were [hat,mental in creating a grour=dswe~l of oppos~t~on from their members. Garden Starers answered the call against six pubI[c ~noking bil~s considered in Trenton thLs spring, Although four bills were passed and two are pending, special thanks for coordinating letter-wilting ' and Midwest I Monitor It could have been the year of the anti-smoker in Min- nesota-but it wasn't. During the regular session, Min- nesota leg~lators reviewed and rejected several anti- tobacco measures. A spedal so,ion to deal with money matters was convened at press time. Our voluntee~ victory in Minnesota was especially sweet. A March visit to Minnesota by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop had whetted the appetite of the state~ anti-smoking contingent But the strong leadership of Din T~gg~lz, owner of the Minneapolis retail outlet Tobacco Road, helped on- able opponents of the bills to carry the day during the regular session. The efforts of Dan, Max Rutman, Minter-Weisman, R~lph Smith, Granite City Jobbing. Larry Slevert, W~lliam Drosky and Marcia Mat.son helped create a groundswell of opposition. Vlve li Francel and hats off to G=rra~ Ezvin of Clayton, Missouri, for his outstanding work to curb anti- smoking efforts in the St. Louis suburb. The native Frenchman only became a U.S. dtizen last July 4th but he's already mastered an old Gen~IEzv~n in ~ayton, Mis~ouri. Yankee motto, "of the people, by the people and for the people." When Gerrard's alderman intrnduced an anti-smok- ing ordinance, the new dtizen talked with elected offi. Westwards Ted O'Hirok, Philip Morris, RId~rd Foster, RJ. Reynolds, Helm Rindenow, Loriliard, Chides lee, Liggett & Myers, Fred Brozlo, General Cigar, and Dick Hughs, LB. Ball, were only a few of the 80 Orenge County California, volunteers who met at a May strat- egy session in Anaheim, CA, to solidify p!ana to defeat an anti-~'noking o~dinance in Orange County. Their efforts paid off when County SupewTsors a~reod to allow voluntary,., not mandatory, workplace smoking pol~c;es. The entre ordinance was ~11 under renew at press t~me, WSATCD members Mike Galvln, Ga[v'm Supp~, Renton, Wilbur Pdbils~, Bu~ee Co,, Walb WaLa, Circles Vernon. Ya~Jma D,stri~t~ng. Yak;me and L}ggett & Myers. David Goldfacb, t~'v Jet-seJ~ "r.~acC~ ~d Ed M~ng, P~ date ~ L~h ~ ~ ~et ~, ~d ~ ~. ~k ~ie. B~c'~m~ f~r re~u~t~ng adds, anal ~tibon~ a~ wr~t;ng le~e~ ~n W~O~% f~rmcr ~ V~r.:~r ~f the ~eaP ~'er the pr~s~ 8-ce~t ~ ~n~ease, wdt ng lett~ and rai~ng othe~ to the c~a~s; and he told h~s tobacco shop customers about the proposed ordinance• The Clayton Council has yet to act on the proposal. Whatever the eventual outcome, Gerrard Ezvan has provided a lesson in effective citizenship. When the Cameron, Missouri, city council met in Februa~ mc:~c members were of the opinion that a 2- cent per pack cigarette tax increase was a good idea. That was before they heard from Mary Henderson, Philip Morris sales representative. Mary pointed out that an increase wou~ place local merchants in an unfavorable position to compete with businesses in neighboring communities. The Council took his words to heart, and voted not to place the tax proposal on the next election ballot. Carole Girten, vice president of Core-Mark, wasn't too pleased with moves to restrict smoking in public in Cindnnati, either. At a meeting in April, Carole and others attended to show their support for testimony from John Manda, president of the Bowling Pro- pri~ors Association and Pat Can'ol, president of the local Tavern Owners Association. John Drew, R.J. Reynolds, knows that when local business leaders speak up, legislators listen. John asked several of his feik~v Michigan business leaders to ex- press their views on anti-smoking legislation. Jack Sharpe, King Group, Inc,, Chadle "lyler, Brown & Willtamson, Allen Abrahim, S. Abraham & Sons, Doug Hlzlett, Churchd[s Tobacco Shops and Mike Siwik, Lorillard, all answered the trumpet when the Michigan legislature considered two bitls to segregate smokers and nonsmokers in the Wo)verine State. By adjournment in April, three more victories were chalked up in North Dakota. An 8-cent and a 2-cent per pack increase on cigarettes, as well as a bill to restrict smoking in public, went down to defeat. Some of the real heroes were Bob Johnson, North Dakota League of Cities, Dave Meier, Hospitality AsscciatJon. Tom Woodmanser, Retail Grocers A.~ociatioo, Mark Johnson, North Dakota League of Counties, and Gag Haggerty, Peace Officers Association. many others contacted legislators personally to voice opposition to workplace smoking restrictions. Thanks also 90 to Steve Cichey, Rainier Vending. Seattle, and Lou Hibdon, president and business mare ager of the Bake~ Confe~onery & Tobacco Workers Local 126 for the;r tremendous suppo~ Jack Bolllnger, Serwce Candy Co., Bit!i~s, Start Foist and Tom Watson, of Sheehan-Majestic, Inc., Mis- sc~Jla, he~ped distribute smoker~ nghts messages for Montana retailers to share w, th their customer. Success was elusive, but Dan Thompson, Alaska Mu£; Co., Fatrbanks, and Tom .Silo, So,carnation, Are chorage, dese~,e praise for ~e;r comm'tment in oppos- ing a bill to double Alaska~ current c'~aret~e ta)c tn Tucson, Arizona, members of the newly-formed Ac~on Committee Ag&~st Unnecessar/I.~¢,~ are op- pea, rig effc.~ to l:lace t¢:o ant-&ma~ng q~est~ns on a~pt~ ~ the ~te I~L~e The ~&~Gan~ cla~ S~ ~ a~d S~~ ~f the ~da S~te Chamber of CommeTce, Jo~ She~ Ri~ D~ of ~c~at~ ;ndustr, m ~f F~rida, and H~ ~n~n, F~ M~n an~ ~ o[ Ba~ Ban~, Inc. of Flonda ~ R~a, Mike ~1~ and ~ ~I~ AFb' C;O, also #t~ ~n, along w~th Bill Ku~ and J~n ~, FIo~da Re~d F~eratJon, D~ D~ F~da Inde~odent ~Mge ~a~ers, ~d~ H~d, Georgia Pacfftc C~e~t~¢n and J~ ~mp~n of the Re~i~ Gr~e~ ~tion ~f HaS of~ t~, to ~ Johnson and RI~ ~lsh of the Flonda R~uMnt A~datioo, Jim ~ll~n, ida Hotd add Motel ~ooat¢on, ~ S~, Florida League of Cities, and B~ Rheln~ and Di~ ~ayne~ Amu~ment and Vending ~sociation. Bill ~ and Bill Mormile of t~ Eh W~ Oi~ribut- ing Co. des~e than~ t~, along with David MI= and Bil~ Hill of the Fbdda Fa~ Bureau re,ration and Bonnie Harem, National A~ooa~ of Inde~n- dent Busine~es ThW were able to make their known to the ~g~slat~s in the Floffda S~te Senate, their argumen~ helping slow down the m~ to r~ulate. Another real ~le~an was Florida TAN mem~r and Eli ~ official ~ ~s~ui~ ~mpa, who holed outline potenba~y damagm9 busine~ ramifications as- ~dat~ with the pm~ "clean ind~r air" a~. Thanks to Jean Haffmann, Lonllard, and Renfro, RJ. R~ndds, both ~mm the Saraso~, Florida, area, for k~ping an e~ on the Punta Gorda anti- smoking ~dinance and geeing TAN membe~ in the Philip Morris ~I~ rep Fred Willard call~ on eve~ tigereye m~iler m Wayn~boro, Virginia, to help fight a local cigare~e tax push. Althe~h a 4~ent ~x was enaGed by a narrow 3-2 margin, Fr~ was in the fore front of ~sition, Philip Morris d~on manager Jay Lucas, R.J. Rwnold~ John De~, a~ Willard were among those who spoke out against the pm~ed tax hake. A ~mng busin~s c~litlon worked m defeat a ~rginia *clean indoor air" aG for the ~ird straight ~ar during ~e r~ently concluded 1985 I~kla~ve ~. Strong opposition to this ha~h measure came from John Hurd, ~t ~rginla Chamber of Commerce and ~ul M~own of the Retaile~ ~ia#on. Abo figh0~ the bill were Bob Noel, R~il Gmc~ ~s~a~on, ~rgil Edwards, 8ur]~ Tobacco Grower, Chado~e E~ards, Putnam Coun~ Tobacco Gr~e~ and John Hodges, To~ccu Whole~le~ ~da~on. John Bemheime~ head of Goldsm=FBlack Whole ~lers, and Tom ~nner of the ~st ~rginia ~nke~ ~ociation, pitch~ in as well. In b~le R~k, Arkansas, dtizens ralli~ to voice o~ po~6on to an~-~oking effo~ At the headngs were Weber 5k~ton of ~e To- bacco & Candy ~ation, Maudce L~ls of the Haspi~li~ ~ociaOon, Ed D~Id, owner of &e F~ Ro~ r~aurant; re=iler Lon~ ~skelL and U~d ~ught, o~er of Uoyd~ Woodcra~. Sydney C~ ton, Compton Whd~lers, was also a~i~ in the effo~. • e Nov~r ballot in Turn. Heading the opposi~on ddve is Joe EI~I, president of the Sou~em Ari- zo~ R~aurant ~mciation, and ~ope M~ i~ ~e~twe dire~o¢ Joe and Penelo~ am wo~ing hard to br~den the ~e of op~si~on. Hated Bak~ pr~ent of the Wyoming Can~ ~cco & C~n V~d~ ~ooa~on, D~ ~n, Moreand ~le~te. and Tom KI~, W~CVA, were ~rd at ~rk pr~ent~ng a restd~ive public ~ng bill from becoming law m ~ng Tom a~so l~ effo~ to defeat a ~ ~'ere public smo~ng bill before &e C~nne CiW Counol. ~d than~ to MH M~n~ and ~ ~, £~ca.~o~le They fought hard in #~ M~co organ~,ng a le~er-wnting ~mpaign, asking di~ibuto~ to fght effc,~ to r~tr~ ~oking a~ increa~ t~ during tee 1985 f~~t,ve $~s;on ~n Sa~ ~. Ti21111674

A ne~etter for concerned, aware, a~ive c~tizens and or~n,zations volun~rdy united to respond to attempts to restr~, prohibit, or olher.~Ase interfere with righl to obtam and use tobacco products. One-Man Army Fights Lathrop Tax Battle I~THROP, MO.-- Uke a Missouri Mule, Man/ Henderson decided to dig in h~s heels and not budge until things got right. The issue was taxes and the p~ace was this typical American town nesl]ed in lush Missouri count~side. Eadier in the yea~ city fathers de- cided to increase their tax base by in~ating a 25-cent-per-carton tax on cigarettes sold in the municipal~ to add $7,000 in revenue to the town coffers. Missouri, you see, is one of six states which perm~ munidpalities to add a local tax on cigamtteso Lathmp voters approved the idea when it appeared on an Ap~'il ballot, and then every- body quietty went about their business, seem- ingly unde~tanding that a painful but ne~.essa~ fiscal adjustment had been made for the oene- fit of all dtize~s. M,,v ~,~o, BUt that wam't the case for Man/Hender- The fi~t order of budnes~ was to approach son° When he passed through one sulW ~un? the town council to explain how these taxes da~ Man/derided that someone had to speak, distort the market and even drive tax revenues up and point out the unfair and counterproduc- down, Henderson wrote to the officials and tire netum of the tay, Mi~souri-bom, the 28-.; appeared before them with detailed computa- out from o~e of his regular customers in town that dgarette-sa~ were dropping off, causing a dpple effect in sales of other goods. "That~ when I discovered the new tax," he says, "and realized something had to be done: Of Autumn For tho~ 6f us who value limited govem- merit intrusion into our private and business Leaves And pW shou baa of,fe. of us in the tobacco industry---growers, manufac- Political Realities When people think about American puWtics. visions of colorful benne~ and slogans, long- winded speeches, and ~ps to the pdling booth on the fi~t Tuesday in .~l~ember often corDe" to mind. ;! ;"~" ~' ~i~ .... :; " . If the American poiit~l proce~ was that " simple, It wouid probably suit many citiz.ens just fine. But politics ~s not that easy, espedally to- bacco pditics. One Autumn ~p to the polls won't do in this business. ~ ' ' ~ ~ • American politics is a da~ly progresdon of thought, opinic~, action and reaction through-' out the nation--in Xenia, Ohio, in Tallahassae, Fiodda, in New York Cit~ in Irvine, California, in eveq/town, county and state across the co~nt~ turers, wholesalers, retailers--politics must be a way of life. We must all be politically act/ve if we, as an indust~, are to survive. Thls yea{ 43 of the 50 states have considered tobacco tax in~easas. Thatts 86 percent of the states. As you know, much of this actMty sterns directly from action at the n~onal level on the federal dgarette excise tax sunset. Reacting to a potential federal.sunset, 17 states enacted c~rette tax hike bills contingent on Cong~l activit~ Right nov4, howeve~ we are in a holding pattern. Congress has ex- tended the tax rate u~til mid-Novembe~ expect- ing to decide soon whether to maintain the 16- cent rate, reduce it or alter the tax In some other fashk~o ~ Co~t~nued on page 4 "1 qualified myself by ex~ining that I travd through, 13 munidpal tax areas in Missouri," he recalls, and have helped or am helping to aid dty coundLs make more informed dedsiom concerning cigarette taxation." Henderson then unveiled some simple math, demonstrating the true economic implicatbns of the new tax. Most significan~ Hende~>n~ fkjures showed that the weekly dgarette sales volume in Lathmp--before the tax--was far above the na'donal average. This indicated dearly that Lathmp had been gaining business from dgamtte purchasers outside dry limits due primarily to NO TAX ON CIGARETTES. Recalling that the nearby town of Marceilne had tacked on a dgarette tax which caused a 50 percent decline in sales over four years, Henderson ~ lost tax money wben it raked its tax ratel Henderson,; calculations a similar fate. And what if dgamtte sales fall as much as in Marceline? And what about ot~er purchases made by smokers who went to Lathrop stores to buy dgarettes7 Wouldn't the town lose that budness, too, to other shops in other towns? "In dosing," Henderson says, °1 sa~d a ciga- rette tax in Lathrop would become a budget drain, not a boosten'. While the town coundl now favored removal of the tax. there was still the matter of bringing the question before the voters one more time--and convindng thern of the hard and t~ue Missouri spirit again...taking with voters and rnerchant~...showing up at town hall on dectk)n day with placards on his car urging interested vote~ who filed in to vote through- out that rainy summers day. voted the tax out by a single votel This is true 308ACCO ACTION. ~ulk Rate U.5. Postage l~Id TobacCo Actlen News 18751 Steer Northwest Washington, DC 2000~ TI21111675

We rds Southern Californians in Orange County now have a voluntary v~:~p~ace smol~ p~an, rather than pushed byanti-smokers, thanks to the hardwork of Ludon Truhill, president of the county chamber of commerce, and Pat Jack Gibson flJ PhUip Martin, received Coro- Crc~e~ execut~ nk3n- r=do's Distinguished ager of the Saddlebad¢ TAN Act/v/st Award c~tychamber. f, mm Terr~ Ft~ke~ TI re- ~o~ ~i,~-~r. Through their organiz- ational effcxts, and the contributions of many local citizens, the coslJy and intrusive mandatory proposals were set aside by local officials. Brea city manager Norm Wassennan mobi- lized business leaders and encouraged the dty coundl to ad~..t similar voluntary wodcplace Thanks, too, to "ibm Jones, president of the I~ine chamber of commerce, and members like Randy Smltfi, Van Ddl & Assoc, for respond- ing with a voluntary proposal that has the city council considering their more reasonable approach. The father-and-son team of Bill and Tom Ealdn, Modesto Tobacco Co., put its several decades of pditical sawy to work recently in meetings with mayo~, city councilmen, the chamber of commerce, and county supevisom. The dynamic duo devoted days of pe~onal effort to make certain that these local leeders and personal fdends were app~=~d of all rarnifi- cations of a smoking restrictk~ ordinance being The W'~i~s~n ~ of Tobacc'o and:~ !,. ~ Candy DistribUtors undertook what can be'~,. ~ called one of ~e mc~t positive restructuring proce~es of any assodaticm. "We were get6ng barraged by those antHndusby zealots," said past president Jim Burke, "so we derided to do something about it: "V~ had 'to look realistically at the political obstades that the tobacco indust~ faces," served current WATCD president Grog Kohner of LaCrosse. Putting theory into p~-lJce, WATCD moved quickly at its fire meeting in August. a session attracting many legislative leaders induding Senate Majority Leader Timothy Cullen, Sen. David Helbach, Assemblyman Richard Shoe- maker and As~-~blyman Stan Gruszynskl "We have a story to tell and it~ about time we told it," commented board member Dick El~=rt: of Menomonie. . " ' -= Minnesota was the ~ of intensive ar;tJ- smoking legis~tive acuity this year and. but for the work of committed ci'dzens like Dale M|I- let, Philip Morris, events could have been disas- trous. A 39-point ~nti-tobacce p~an was under review and the hard work of dozens ~ damage to a minimum. Dale initiated the fi~t letter wdtJng campaign; while Denny Baker, the petitions and a phone bank operation roov- ing, while Ron NeLson, Liggett & Mye~, he~ped mobilize participation statewide. ~yandra and Geoffrey Molig~ler, Golden I]~t Tobacco, are b~y down in S~n D~:jo and are a cor~ant source of valuate community kx~ decled offida~ and conbibutes frequently to regional news media on tobacco issues. Bob Kelley, 7-I I Food Stores, in his capacit~ as program chairman of the Milpitas Rotary Club, arranged a debate on the merits of a proposed smoking r~ ordinate before his Rotary Club a week before the city coundl was scheduled to consider the ordinance. Club rnernbe~ joined the debate and enlvened it considerably w~th their collective opinion that businessmen don't need government telling them how to conduct their businesses or pdo rate lives. lbd Whitlng, president of the Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Restaurant Associa- tio~ and director of the Santa Cruz Seaside Company, recently organized over 30 local restaurateurs in opposing smoking restriction legislation for this resort, community. Their argu- ments knocked out a %0 percent" seating re- individual restaurateur provide "adequate" seat- ing for nonsrnokem---a real ~Acto~ as legidators fi~ considered totally banning smoking in all indoor fadlities. Coloradans can thank Milt Hamhe in Colo- rado Springs for his fireless volunteer work for "Citizens Opposed to Issue #3," a Io~I no- smoking referendum. Though the proposal passed, most business people, in the words of Ken Kleinschmidt, Peerless Product~, still lieve, "Whenever they start taking your free- dora of choice away, you're in trouble: ;~Joe Ro~bm, MCTDA, sent 80,000 letters to Minnesota ~itJzens. Additional support came • f~om Llur~n.Ettesvold, Fairmont Wholesale;." C:E,rles qulst~ard, E~m. ldjl Candy; Lymph ;' Eldavold, Hen~ Candy; Howard Hetmet, Hermel Candy; Stanley Schaefer, Boyd Hauser Tobacco; Ralph Smith. Granite City Jo~ing; James Peterson, Reynolds Whole- sale; Vernon Quam, Thief River Jobbing; Arnold Dass, Tyler Wholesale; D.C. Neville, Valley'Wholesale; and Audrey Nesshetm, Min- nesota Candy and Tobacco Dist~butors Associa- tiofl, all of whom too~ active part in extensive letter w~i~ng0 petJ6oning and phone bank ~ Scott Dickman, Scott Dickman & Associates, maste~ninded the ~ banks, reaching 11,000 Minnesota citizens; special thanks to Robin Katz for her dedicated hours sifting through phone directories and lisle. '. Over 80,000 visited the Ohio Tobacco Festival this summer, with Gov. Rkhard Celeste sewing as Grand Marshal of ~e opening parade. M=r- shi and Jim Arnold played vital roles on the festival committee, making the event a real suc- cess. Fast~al chain'nan Don Chandler, told us ~te leide~ l~m CuI~, WATCD ~cnt ~ k~id~e ed~c~on~/ Other important voices in the Cokxado Springs fkJht ~ude Alan Sta~, Burger ~il~, B~ & W~; D~ ~, ~ff & ~; ~ ~ and Ha~ ~. L~d; ~ R~ ~ ~. M~e ~, T~ ~ a~ L~ ~, ~1~ M~. T~ ~ ~ Bill ~ ~ ~ ~n~ f~ t~ d~ ~ing r~s ~ C~nne. Po~n ~, R~ & R~e, w~ ~mi~ aff~ ~ 0~ ~m ~ an ~t ~effe ~ hike. ~ ~n~ ~ ~ a mfer~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~t Or~ time limi~ to file ~ an eff~ ~re t~ ~ff m al~ ~ eff~ ~n. Cm~ ~, ~on d~ndi~ ex- ~, ~ht ~ ~o~ of ~ ~I of ~ f~l d~re~e ~ ~ ~ to ~i~- t~, D.C. C~ t~f~ eff~i~ ~e ~ U.S. ~ R~nce C~mi~. ~ ~t~ that a ~nfinuafion of ~ 1~t ~I ~ ~ ~ aff~ t~m ~n~ur~ and f~- ~, ~a~ a~ ~, ~ a~ o~ in ~ d~ ~n. ~ ~ Ne~S~, a f~l ~ ~nt ~pl~ in W~i~ton S=te, ~ menW ex~ ~ to p~ ~ r~ ~ c~s~ in ~ U.S. ~, d~ri~, "N~ ~'~ ~ t~ng to. tall = ~t ~ ~n't eat a~ ~ ~ ~ mff~ ~ ~n't dffnk dud~ ~r R~ ~, ~ii ~ I~ Coundl, ~ on a t~ ~te ~ ~ ~blic ~k~ ~i~nc~, "~ulu ~II ~ an un~ i~ f~ ~ su~ ~ are~. ~ f~al ~nni~ ~m~ is m~ up of ~ 20 t~ g~ a~ t~ a~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a T~ ~I" . BII~ F=~, =~ ~ and ~ • ai~n, r~ a T~ ~ Award at ~is ~ar~ ~ in T~m ~n~ fe~dng U.S. Rm~e ~llis 6adim and ~b M~ as din~ s~ke~. In Cindn~, J~n ~, ~ Ma~e ~umn~ k fighting ~ g~ fighL alo~ ~th fel~ m~ of ~ Gma~r Cindn~ ~u~nt ~. ~ t~fi~ at ~ ~6~ of ~e Cindn~ti ~ffh B~rd ~ ~p of ~ Mu~y, ~t of ~ Ci~ dn~ti B~i~ ~ ~at[~, ~ M~ I~ ~e ~e. In Ba~lo~ Coun~ ~b~, ~I ~ ~ ~ to ~m ~ Coun~ Commi~ a~ ~ ~ ~ r~. ~I ~n~ to ~urant a~ ~ p~t Ma~n Rnke; ~ ~ilip M~; J~ ~, L~lard; Jlm ~ S~; a~ ~I gr~ ~, ~ ~I ~ ~te ~urant a~- fion print Wa~n ~n~e. Mike ~, C~ L~, ~ ~- ~, E~ Si~ ~ & Cab Co., ~ ~ N~p, C~ ~ ~t~ h ~ ~. ~ MiI~, Mil~ ~, a~ ~ M~, ~ B~, ~e ~ f~ ~ ~~. ~ C~n~ Hea~ ~ent a~ C~n~ CI~ ~ ~n ~t~ in ~ ~ef~. T~21111676

Northem News Good new~ from the Emp~e State! For t~ first time in s~wen years, a~-tJ:~:~co Asserrbtyman Alexander B. "Pete" Grarmis could not get his the fdlow~g men and womm who deckated their tkne and energies to thw-art the Grannis proposal: Eugene W. Bums, Mutual Tobacco Thomas ]. Boyle, al of RJ, Reynolds; James H. McCann, Brown & WiIliamson; Alfred J. Con- ~ Philip Morris; H. Raymond A]my, Almy Brothers; Rof:~'t Bernhard Smith, Pipes Unlimhed; Peter C. Giftos, Joden ~ Co.; Mef~n Gold, Melvin Gokl Associates; James Stewa~, Smoke~ United; and William J. Duffy, Lo~l~rd. Significant support ako came from George Elkofon, New York State AssodatJon of Tobacco and Candy Distributors; Malcolm Fielscher, Retail Tobacco Dea~s of America; Fred so~, New York 5tare Restaurant Association; and Ken I~ne, New York State Budness Coun- dl. Meanwhi~ down in New York City, the City Coundl wisely derided not to pu~Je i~ consid- eration of smoking restriction measures. Contin- ued efforts by our Big Apple fdends can take full credit for this reversal, induding Kevin O'Ham, R.J. Reynolds; Joe O'Rourke, Brown & William- so~; Don~d Hutchinson, I.~gett & Mye~; and Gen~ SYimlewdd, Lodllard. ~ .~. letters, phone calls and petition S~I ~ to ~ Faul~ ~ilip M~, Na~ C~ and N~ Yo~ Ci~ ~ ~t~. ~n~ I~ in N~u ~ a~ ~t~ in, indudi~ E~ ~m~, ~ l~nd ~ & C~ C~m~; ~ PaSo, ~ b~ Hot~/Mot~ ~; Feint Reinders, long ~ar~1Marrictt;, James L Green, Nassau/S~ffo~ Restaurant Diners Assod- at~on; J~( ~ and l-loward L Elsen- ~ Mc61rk, Nassau Tavern Assodatkm; Howard l.andstrom, Greater New York Auto Island Taxi Operators Assodatkm; Pat Olscm, . Long Island Restaurant and and Steve Kaufman, Nassa~ County Taxi Oper- ators Assodation. In Buffalo, thanks go to Alfred Coluod, Leon Cducd he., for keeping us ad~sed of happen- ings in his area. And them have been ~me... the Mayor vetoecl restrictions in dry government offices and buildings. Strange things were going on in Connecticut this legislative sesr=ion when an amendment was introduced late one night to increase automati- caly the state's cigarette exdse by the amount of the federal tax sunset--this without benefit of pubic headngs and with few of the legidatc~ actually knowing what they were voting to Quick response was needed and groat effort came from Monny Levy, Modem Tobacco, and Stanley Seligson, S&S Tobacco, leaders of the Connecticut Association of Candy and Tobacco Distributors. Key help also came from Grace Nome, executJve vice prudent of Connecticut Food Stores Assodation, Lou Cutillo, CAC[D lobbyist, and Cathy Flaherty and Chadie Duffy of the New England Convenience Stores Association. The legisation flna~ passed despite this strenuous opposition, but the various ele- merits of the industry worked together diligentJy and nearly turned the ~de. Southern Story In Washk~:jton, D.C., effc~ by several con- cemed dtizens helped defeat a ~eat to smoke~ freedom: Eadier this yea~ C~ C~mdl. smoking restrld~ proposal., • After a hearing this summe; the measure year--in September.. Among those speaking out against the workplace bill w~e Steve O'Bden, D.C. Beverage and Restaurant Asso- clamor; l~y Sta~mell, Bakery, Confv-ctkme~ and Tobacco Worke~ IntemalJonal Union; Dan visory Neighborhood Commissioner; Stephen Giaude, past director of the National Assoda- tion of Neightx~hoods; and Freddl Moody, a private citizen who wrote to morn than 200 srna~ business leade~ urging defeat of the proposal. Leading the charge in Flc~da against the onerous Clean Indc~ Air Act were a number of labor union rnambe~ through~Jt the state, led by Betty I~lmee of BC&T. Spedal thanks, too. to Joseloh A. Bull~J, Brew~, and Soft Drink Wockers; John Detondnl, IntemaOonal Pmddent of BC&T; Ken Cooper, Communica- Mike Walsh0 AFL-GQ mendous job done by the Eli W~ Company of rate offk~als, headed by Fred Hoyland and Bill Perry, Sr. of Tampa, and Bill Mormile° man- ager of the Tallahassee office, sent spedal not~ms and telephone requests to more than Mike Sldnner, Miami, Rorida, manager of chain account~ for Lofiliard, gets top prize for being bne of.th~ ~ TAN newsmen in the state. He sends clippings and ~smments heard on radio and tv, and in general reports all hems of interest and concern to the industJy. When the R~and County Commlsdon In South Carolina recently introduced smoking re- strictlons for restaurants, retail stores and other ~sts.blic places, lette~ and phone calls from TAN and other fffends of the indusW ~ consideration of the ordinance. The Richland restrictions were pending at press time. Thanks go to Rudy Retsohh=ckm, owner of Western Steer Steakhouse and president of the local chapter of the South Carolina Restaurant Assodation; Joe Brown, Lodllard; Mike £del- rrmy~, RJ. Reynolds; and Hal Jordon, Jordon Vending, for their opposition to this ordinance. IJoyii Vaught doesn't know the meaning of the word "retired; The former RJ. Reynolds sales representative sprang into action recently to debate the Little Rock, Arkamas, public a radio talk show, debating an anti-smoking foe for more than 30 minutes. HIS cool pe4or- mance helped listeners separate fact from emo- "~ r~on. Henry H~il, another retired RJ. Reynolds efforl~ to weaken that Uttie Rock measure. Hall spoke eloquently before the pand reviewing the proposal as did Vaught, who also offered a peace pipe for both sides dudng his presentation. Othe~ who spoke out effectively against the l.it~e Rock reslzictions were Wah~ Y~lldell, Excekior Hotd manager;'J~ SoNend(, Bowen~ King exe~uEve; Mike Fox manag~ of.the T.GJ. Friday res~ur-~t.; Bud ~, toLmcco shop owner;'and Lonna Drlskell, tobacco The tobacco tax question has been raLsed aaoss the countn] this year, even in Tobacc~ land. But i~ Ashanti, Virginia, at least, the efforts of many stopped a S-cent tax hike pro- posal dead in its trades. Those who helped in this Virginia battle dude David Hobl~, RJ. ReyrK~s; Gem] Choate and Joe Copeland, Philip Morris; dis- tributors Rawson Ingalls, ,LG. Vennard and Ken Thornton; and retaile= Chark~ Snead, Tom Willis, Billy Wood, Marvin Stark and Don Mothershead. Vending company executive Charles Hutchinson was also instrumental in defeat~g the tax, as were Philip Morris eml:~oyees Ed W1ckham, David Driver and Jane Newdmk. Emie 5ea~, exeoJt~te director of the Ken- tucky Tdoacco and Candy Assodation, received his weli-desewed Distk'~uished TAN Award dur- ing the assodation~ annual convention in FranLfort, a small token for ~ the work done over the years to protect the indust~ in I Blue Grass Co~nt~, T121111677

Roger L. Mozingo National TAN ~rector We Want To Know... The tobacco industry and its friends encompass a wide range of leaders from many fields--the farming community, wholesalers, manufacturing representatives retailers, vendors, consumers. Further, restaurateurs, union members, bow center proprietors and a host of others not directly involved in the tobacco industry share a common concern on many issues. Therefore, we'd like to know which issues interest you,. what information you'd like to ~ee more of in Below are'a few general questions that will help us better.gauge your interests and con- cerns. Please take a few minutes to complete and return the questionnaire. In future issues, we will seek your opinions on a number of other important topics. I. The tobacco industry faces many challenges. P~ease rank the following issues in importance to you. A rank of "1" signifies an issue of highest importance; a rank of "6" or "7" indicates an issue is of less importance to you. A, State c~arette ex,cise tax increases~----.-- B. State cigarette sales tax increase~ C. Earmarking of r-Jgarette excise taxe~ D. Smoking restric.ttons in the workpiac~ E. Restaurant smoking restrictions E Other smoking restrictions (specify) ~. Cigarettesampiing ban legislatiort~-..-.- • Other advertising restrictions (specify)-..~ I. Other issues (spedfy) . IL Your priority isles and those of state !egisla- tors may differ~ Which issues present the greatest problems in your state legislature7 Please rank according to Importance. BA,. Excise tax increases Sales tax increases Earmarking of cigarette tax~s FE.~! Workplace restriction~ Sampling bans Other issues (specify) IlL County and city tobacco issues are also of importance. To your knowledge, has your city or county government considered anti- tobacco measures? • Yes____~_ No.~__ " Name of city .~r county and state._._.~ • ffyou answered yes, please rate the following Issues as likely 6r unlikely to receive local review within the next year. 1. Excise taxes Ukely.~, Unlikely~ 2. Sales taxes Ukely.---- Unlikely.~_ 3. Smoking Uke~-..~ Unlike~.~ restrictions (workplace) 4. Other restric- Likely~ Unlike~--.- tions S. Sampling bans Likely.---- Uniike~--.~ • Other issues likely ta come up IV. We want to report on matters of interest to you. P~ease complete the following: A. I would like more infonnation in the newsletter on 1. Taxation 2. Smoking restrictlon~ 3. Sampling/advertising legislation.~__ 4. Other issues (sl~dfy) B. I would like to see (check one or more) __1. "Feature" stories on peopIe who have helped win battles for their industry. ___.2. More information on upcoming legislation in my state and tow~. "~. More information on exactly what I can do to help the industry in my area. ~4. More information on upcoming events in my area, i.e., tobacco festivals, association meetings, Tobacco Action Network meetings. _~..5. More information on tobacco issues at the national level. 6, Other (specify) V. As noted, the tobacco indusUy involves many people from many walks of life. Which of the following categories bestdescribes your Involvement in the industry? • BA" :~armlng :~- • • Warehousing . ~ ~'..~olesale rl~llst rlbdtor' D. ~Manufacturing, sales representative E. ~Manufacturing, other than sales E .____Retailing G..___.~ndlng H. ~Other(~pecify) . , I. ____Non-industry occupation (speafy/ VI. V~'ve asked a few questions, now it's your turn. Please use the space below (and more if you need) to share your comments and questions with us. Please return the questionnaire to: BoxWW 18751 Street, NW Washington, DE 20006 Thanks again for your helpl TJ21111678