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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I x.m..l uca.nd >knt.e.A..chOka pM 4ondl7! 410 rpr ft~A ~ NLBA IIz Ar!) siiAM 11WINY Lf~d 4MIlW -~ FOR IIMM69IAT81iIi.JR ~ ,r_ . . 1910 E ® 0 Col1fd: Dubr a.ti•cw. 14M-441-"% New Study Q>ttndons O6IIA Atm+ck on Envi=omneatal Tbbaeco Smake On 1tta&Y. No.emba 14,1993, the uon-puttisan CanVeaional jtesrsceh Servioe (CRS) mleased tln resuits of a 2amantb sndy an ahe esb of emaauoattal (seenad-baad) tobaeto sraoice (b.ZS) in the Y+orl•- p IMc. ?he vcpoR n>am eeriaas qscseians a6nat the .eiQtofie bssis foc eti+ecnt gegnlamcy raava by d+e Oa: npa- tional Saftjr xid Aealtil Adm4tittraeian (OSHA) eo =.=ely 1eaR'ict ot ptnRthiit ET5 in Atoeriaut r,orkpi,x. [f ittspleaestuad. the etsles rvould w.erAally prohibit steolcfoat by.u=tas attd eacmmatt in my place (includ- ins bnrs snd tesoaaMttt) r+hete aratees mijhc be tspomd w atry level ef stnoire. Y?,e INadooai Liaaeed'S.wcn~p Asmc+aaoe (NLSA). which lts actiKly agpaiod t1u ptopnscd dSH^ n,ks, cod.y -Iled an the age.ey o ned,fnh ib appeosels to ti+s snbjssx in 6gisc of tbe 1ateu QtS findinp. NLBA taptesmts baes, liqaa jwta, asd a1He! tietail mQnSars ef tlto hoWilslity iiodv=7 . Aacatdm to PQ.aA 1'nsidenc Jim StiVsaa.'NI,SA dns a1ways held tttat A is ti+e ogiu and t!u tosponsibility of iapiualfcy basinass owners oo eeooa.a esvaeam.nt tbac's cvtofbi+abte foccuscovan and conducive to worker prmJuc- tivity ad arnsfaeriort. t~sromM and vWsrs shoa{d hM a choice of eavaatutMts. Seit=trific c+ridencr doas noe SUPpaet go~mmit iniumata and limitatioo of tium eMias The camprtitive muicetplace cuetvndy peovii.a a t»de vaeiely of sn+oieina and smdti.wiree cboiaa fa both.rQbees and customers.Mat ix ho.r out sYsaam ia zapposod 9n work snd it is working erelY. sintgson oid. .Unong the key a6servstioos tstade by dhe CM3 sntdy aa tke foIlowinf qaaoes: -Tbe staesticatl eridencs daes not tpprst to suppaet a eoeefoslaet tiat thaR atz lttbslandal healtfi eff«'ts of Passive smokbt&' (p-'I) "Jhasfaas, h.d OSRA palormed imm-an:lysas, it uerm Wrely ttr+e it awyld hare faelnd no incre;ti•od ta7ta aeee+r risk tirom a~padond Ei'S esposnne= (p- 62) 'Evcn at the geeaoest ieoregmed aqoense 4wds, the mptsaiad risla as stiII subject to nnes:nrintr.. (p. 2) "It is dear t0at misebassafx~rion and eecaq bias plagae EiS epidemiologl Qndles.' (p. 45) "_taw tW nev smdha rlnc foxd no risk otlseec dlrs 9e ftvet pastiMe smoitimg.7 (p- 61) M,HA Ptrsidatt J'im Sitnpsm said, "Ilia CRS stneiy shov+s 1hR OSHA s a.onnpuons in support of a h" on smoties in die voelcplaoe aee b..ed an Uubry pd+- As ar=Wta the eatire 05HA docket an the ps+qxmed eegvlmon s9ould p bfCic ta tbo d>riit+g bo.ad.` 1 ~ ~ The INLHA testified before OSHA in opposioon to Q9~3A s F15 t~ie and Hss opposed cortgrexxiow., 1 kgisiseion aotlcin= 6o ba1 miokins in vo.kplacss and in earnsg and drlniestE esl;blishinents ayatnd the 4' CO ~ emanry. t ~ m ~t Q w 4 I