Once again the Smoke Free Illinois Act is being threatened! We need your immediate help in stopping House Bill 1310. It can be called for a vote on the House floor any time.
Take Action! Send a message urging your legislators to vote NO on HB 1310
HB 1310 would allow towns in Illinois to sell smoking licenses to local businesses. This proposal is outrageous! A smoking license is a “license to kill.” It is wrong for our state to sanction behavior that would harm people’s health. And it is wrong to allow municipalities to cash in by selling smoking licenses. (The state should allow them to raise tobacco taxes at the local level instead!).
Send a message urging your legislators to vote “NO” on HB 1310
First and foremost, HB 1310 threatens Illinois workers who would be forced to breathe smoke-filled air within their workplace. And it subjects the rest of us to secondhand smoke in places that are now smoke-free. By rolling back our smoke-free protections, the health of all Illinoisans is put at risk.
Please remind your legislators that there is no public support to weaken the Smoke Free Illinois Act. An April 2010 statewide poll of registered voters showed 84% support for Smoke Free Illinois, including casinos and private clubs. Few other policies enacted in recent memory enjoy such widespread support!
Take Action! by contacting your legislators.
With your help, we were able to defeat all attempts at weakening the Smoke Free Illinois Act last year and, working together and speaking with one voice, we can do it again!
Thank you for your immediate action on this very important issue!
Your IL Advocacy Team,
Alex Meixner, Anne Simaytis, Mark Peysakhovich and Maureen Christopher
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Many small working class neighborhood adult bars ignore the ban to stay in business. It's clearly obvious that people who want smoke free bars never patronize them. The only complaints are from the neighbors of the bars that comply due to loitering problems.
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