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Jump to full article: Baltimore (MD) Sun, 2004-12-30
Author: Glenn E .Schneider
Intro: HOWARD COUNTY bans smoking everywhere indoors but in bars and restaurants, and the ordinance should be extended to include them.
A friend of mine whose husband is a bartender is mystified over why some county officials seem to place more value on a restaurant owner's 8-year-old investment than her spouse's life. . . .
Recently, our Smoke Free coalition released data showing there are more restaurants and bars allowing smoking today than did so in 1995. Less than 10 percent of county residents smoke, but up to 77 percent of restaurants and bars in some county areas allow smoking, either in the entire establishment or in a walled-off smoke room. Slowly but surely, we are losing our right to breathe clean, safe, smoke-free air, while worker health protections are going up in smoke. We expect our elected officials to eliminate public health threats.
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