[SheLion]

  

"This new law will reduce illness and premature mortality through decreased exposure to secondhand smoke," Jacobs said. "It will have tremendous long-term health benefits for future generations as fewer and fewer young people are exposed to secondhand smoke on the job."

LIAR!!!!  They just keep sweeping under the rug the real proof that SHS is NOT the killer they spew it to be just to get their way!!!

DON'T LET THE HEADLINES FOOL YOU
Court throws out challenge to EPA findings on secondhand smoke - (December 2002) - The ruling was based on the highly technical grounds that since the EPA didn't actually enact any new regulations (it merely declared ETS to be a carcinogen without actually adopting any new rules), the court had no jurisdiction to rule in the matter.  This court ruling on the EPA report is NOT a stamp of approval for that report. Judge Osteen's criticisms of the EPA report are still completely valid and is accompanied by other experts.

AND:  The World Health Organization actually did a study on secondhand smoke which showed that it doesn't even make people sick, much less kill them. Now, it makes people uncomfortable. They don't like it. I don't like secondhand cigarette smoke myself -- it reeks -- but it doesn't kill. It doesn't.

[SheLion]

What a crock!!!!

[Dahoser]

One business owner supporting the ban is Michael Zambas, owner of Clinton Station Diner in Hunterdon County. Zambas said he instated a smoking ban at the request of employees when the law cleared the Legislature on Jan. 9.

"I tell you it is the best thing I have ever done," he said. "Customers look for me and thank me. My business has not suffered at all, and my wife loves it. I go home, hang up my jacket, and it does not smell like an ashtray at all."

What stopped him from doing it before the law was passed? There was no existing law that said he had to allow smoking. He figured it would hurt business and waited until the NJ Politburo came him cover. That way he could blame them if he got in trouble, or thump his chest over what he did if it worked.

[Raycpa]

I go home, hang up my jacket, and it does not smell like an ashtray at all."

[Renderofveils]

This just in;

New Jersey disallows buses from traveling within 100ft of pedestrians. The EPA has shown that second-hand exhaust contains carbon monoxide, may impact pregnancy, and might increase chances of lung cancer.

Oh, wait... that's not "popular."

[sgtbono2002]

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Up to 62,000 adult nonsmokers in the United States, including 1,000 to 1,800 New Jersey residents, die each year from secondhand smoke, he said.

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Where does he get this BS figure? I have never seen a death certificate that stated SHS was the reason anyone died.

[rvoitier]

"This will prevent a phalanx of smokers outside the door, which is not only unsightly but unpleasant," Health Commissioner Fred M. Jacobs said of the regulation."

Did Jacobs appoint himself the State Director of Ambiance, too?

Taking away freedoms and controlling behavior. Ugh.

[qam1]

In a last-ditch move to stop the ban, at least temporarily, lawyers for restaurant and bowling alley owners are scheduled to appear before Judge Stanley R. Chesler in U.S. District Court in Trenton today. They are seeking a restraining order on the grounds that the law is discriminatory because it allows smoking in the gambling areas of Atlantic City's 13 casinos.

http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2963

U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Nominated by George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Anne Elise Thompson; Confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2002, and received commission on December 4, 2002.

Well he was appointed by Bush, so hopefully....

The owners maintain they will accept the ban if the casinos are included.

Idiots!!!

[Just another Joe]

"This new law is one of the greatest public health measures in New Jersey history," Jacobs said. Up to 62,000 adult nonsmokers in the United States, including 1,000 to 1,800 New Jersey residents, die each year from secondhand smoke, he said.

I call BS.

[njmaugbill]

This is what happens when you elect solid Demo assembly, Senates and Demo Governor.

They will raise your taxes, and tweak the smoking laws.

if you want to stop smoking, then just ban it.


Bill

[Junior_G]

"Customers look for me and thank me. My business has not suffered at all, and my wife loves it. I go home, hang up my jacket, and it does not smell like an ashtray at all."

Absolute idiots. They celebrate the loss of freedoms so their clothes don't smell like smoke. People in this country are waaaay too fat, dumb and happy. Fascism creeps in the form of a nanny-state.