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2008.06.25
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Smoking ban exceptions sought
Legislators to push for lighting up in clubs, family-run businesses
By Amber Ellis 8226 aellis@enquirer.com 8226 June 25, 2008
MIDDLETOWN - A group of local lawmakers is pushing a change in the state's smoking ban that would make it legal for smokers to light up on outdoor patios and in family-owned businesses and private clubs.
"The time has come to take this step ... because this measure is hurting business in Ohio," said Sen. Gary Cates, a West Chester Republican and nonsmoker who is a co-sponsor of the proposal.
About 200 people gathered Tuesday at the Middletown Moose Family Center to show their support for a proposal that would snuff out restrictions that prohibit smoking in most of these places.
DataCenter: Search area smoking complaints
Employees in the crowd cheered and waved flags that read "Save my Job. Lite up Ohio" and "Let us light up, so it's not lights out."
The Moose Family Center has experienced a dramatic drop in business that management blames on the smoking ban that went into effect in May 2007.
Turner said those numbers have forced the lodge to increase membership dues, shut down unused areas of the building to conserve energy costs, reduce beer distribution orders and severely cut back on charitable donations.
"It's tough," he said. "Right now, we're barely making it."
In Hamilton, the owners of Grub Pub say they're experiencing a similar dive in business. Bar revenues are down 40 percent, and collections from jukeboxes and other games are down at least 50 percent, said Shirley Horsley, who owns the business with her husband, Louis.
Patrons of the family-owned, neighborhood bar have been known to walk out or ignore orders when asked to put out their cigarettes, said Patty Walker, who has worked at the pub for the past five years.
"These people have their own bar stools. You tell them to put (their cigarettes) out, and it's like you ripped their heart out," she said. "They don't just go outside. They won't come back. They'll boycott and stay at home."
Under the current smoking ban, which was approved by voters in 2006, smoking is not allowed in bars, restaurants and other public places.
Smokers can light up in nonprofit private clubs (if there are no paid employees), plus designated areas of nursing homes and hotels, as well as tobacco stores if 80 percent of their sales are from cigars, cigarettes and other smoking products. This bill also widens the definition of an outdoor patio, which would create more areas where smokers can go.
Supporters of the change say their measure would clear up wording that makes it almost impossible for family-owned businesses and nonprofit private clubs to allow smoking.
"We do this all the time ... when a bill is passed, especially something in a new area," said Sen. Bob Schuler, a Sycamore Township Republican who is the main sponsor of the proposal. "We tweak it. We change it."
For health-advocacy groups who backed the initial ban, the argument was never about money. It's about secondhand smoke that can harm, and in some cases kill, employees over time, said John Hoctor, spokesman for the American Cancer Society's Ohio Division.
Hoctor noted that the smoking ban won majority support in 72 of Ohio's 88 counties. According to the Cancer Society, a survey of Ohioans one year after the 2006 vote showed that 80 percent of voters now support the law, and 70 percent of respondents said private-club employees should be protected from secondhand smoke.
Staff writer Jennifer Baker contributed to this story.
Legislators to push for lighting up in clubs, family-run businesses
By Amber Ellis 8226 aellis@enquirer.com 8226 June 25, 2008
MIDDLETOWN - A group of local lawmakers is pushing a change in the state's smoking ban that would make it legal for smokers to light up on outdoor patios and in family-owned businesses and private clubs.
"The time has come to take this step ... because this measure is hurting business in Ohio," said Sen. Gary Cates, a West Chester Republican and nonsmoker who is a co-sponsor of the proposal.
About 200 people gathered Tuesday at the Middletown Moose Family Center to show their support for a proposal that would snuff out restrictions that prohibit smoking in most of these places.
DataCenter: Search area smoking complaints
Employees in the crowd cheered and waved flags that read "Save my Job. Lite up Ohio" and "Let us light up, so it's not lights out."
The Moose Family Center has experienced a dramatic drop in business that management blames on the smoking ban that went into effect in May 2007.
Turner said those numbers have forced the lodge to increase membership dues, shut down unused areas of the building to conserve energy costs, reduce beer distribution orders and severely cut back on charitable donations.
"It's tough," he said. "Right now, we're barely making it."
In Hamilton, the owners of Grub Pub say they're experiencing a similar dive in business. Bar revenues are down 40 percent, and collections from jukeboxes and other games are down at least 50 percent, said Shirley Horsley, who owns the business with her husband, Louis.
Patrons of the family-owned, neighborhood bar have been known to walk out or ignore orders when asked to put out their cigarettes, said Patty Walker, who has worked at the pub for the past five years.
"These people have their own bar stools. You tell them to put (their cigarettes) out, and it's like you ripped their heart out," she said. "They don't just go outside. They won't come back. They'll boycott and stay at home."
Under the current smoking ban, which was approved by voters in 2006, smoking is not allowed in bars, restaurants and other public places.
Smokers can light up in nonprofit private clubs (if there are no paid employees), plus designated areas of nursing homes and hotels, as well as tobacco stores if 80 percent of their sales are from cigars, cigarettes and other smoking products. This bill also widens the definition of an outdoor patio, which would create more areas where smokers can go.
Supporters of the change say their measure would clear up wording that makes it almost impossible for family-owned businesses and nonprofit private clubs to allow smoking.
"We do this all the time ... when a bill is passed, especially something in a new area," said Sen. Bob Schuler, a Sycamore Township Republican who is the main sponsor of the proposal. "We tweak it. We change it."
For health-advocacy groups who backed the initial ban, the argument was never about money. It's about secondhand smoke that can harm, and in some cases kill, employees over time, said John Hoctor, spokesman for the American Cancer Society's Ohio Division.
Hoctor noted that the smoking ban won majority support in 72 of Ohio's 88 counties. According to the Cancer Society, a survey of Ohioans one year after the 2006 vote showed that 80 percent of voters now support the law, and 70 percent of respondents said private-club employees should be protected from secondhand smoke.
Staff writer Jennifer Baker contributed to this story.
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