European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse To. We Don t Tutvet a no to oking the clan with the kind of food a on Hen Wolon l think Bale made any non smokers dating service by Elizabeth flick United press International Hile overweight people previously had the hardest time getting a Date smokers Are now the least sought Atler on a saturday night an informal Survey of singles in new York shows. Ii used to be that a person who was overweight was the hardest to match up said Steve Penner who recently completed a Survey of 600 new members of the dating service he founded in 1982. Smoking has definitely overcome the Survey which sampled preferences of singles who have joined lunch dates within the Pas i eight months found that Only 10 percent smoked and 78 percent strongly preferred dating non smokers. I asked. What if we found a great match Lor you but the Parson smokes " Penner said. And still 78 percent said they strongly preferred a As a result of the Survey Penner decided to make lunch Dales which currently has 1,500 Active members who pay to be matched up Lor lunch dinner or drinks a non smokers dating service. When anybody Calli for information about the service the first thing we ask is if they smoke Penner explained. Ii so we strongly discourage them from Penner said the new policy is honest not discriminatory. I Don t want to take anyone s Money under false pretences he said. I can t match up a Good looking intelligent Man or woman if they re a pack a Fay he said some people have joined lunch Dales twice before and after quilting smoking and enjoyed Lar better results As non smokers. Penner decided to do the Survey after receiving complaints from smoking members people were calling up to complain they were not matched up Well he explained. Inevitably it would be a smoker because hardly anyone will go out with while admitting his Survey is not scientific Penner says his business has taught him a lot about the dating Market. In our position interviewing and talking and Matching up 5,000 single people since lunch dates started what we have is an up to Date barometer of what single people Are looking for he said. The Quality most in demand these Days is fitness he said. Men say they want a lit woman not a Skinny one like they wanted three of four years ago he said. Women base their decision primarily on what the Man does for a living he said. But he still can t be a heavy smoker or exceedingly overweight Pennor Leals Hig Survoy reflects the current health and fitness trend. People Are losing Weig Fil and getting in shape and smoking has become something they want to he said. Some Are looking for potential mothers or fathers Tor their children and they say i Don t want to share my Lile with someone who smokes " Many non smokers also describe the nicotine habit As a physical turn off Penner said. I can t Lell you How Many times i be heard when i kiss them it s like Licking an ashtray " he said. The tobacco Industry is always saying if you smoke you get Romance and love " Penner said. It s just not Protection for by Tom Seppy associated Pressa Nna w. Carroll butlers from emphysema even though she her husband or her have never smoked. She blames her breathing ailment on people who smoked around her at work for 25 years. In a letter to sen Orrin g Hatch a Utah. The 46-year old Alexandria va., woman said she thought it was unfair Hal i who have never smoked must not Only Bear the Brunt of a horrible disease caused by smoker but must continue to be penalized by smokers when i attempt to travel by Public transportation. Even when i went to join a local tour group i must firs Call up to see if smoking is permitted she lamented. I cannot participate. Travel by air has become a she called on Hatch to introduce legislation to make it illegal to smoke on Public conveyances such As buses trains and airlines. Carroll uld litter to he transportation department the Federal aviation administration the airlines and others have been met with Little enthusiasm because she said there Are no Laws to protect the non smoker. It is unfair that smokers have a Choice they can choose to travel by Public modes of transportation and endanger the Public health she said. "1 endanger no one yet i am net free to travel wherever i after getting Carroll s letter last year Hatch said he discussed her problem with other senators and officials of health organizations. Soon he said he began receiving stacks of letters urging him to introduce legislation to ban smoking on Public conveyances one of Hatch s first moves on the convening of the 100th Congress was to introduce a Bill to ban smoking on All regularly scheduled Public conveyances travelling Page 14 the stars and stripes no ifs ands c by Karren Mill associated press he ashtrays have been gone from Park Nicollet medical Center at St. Louis Park. Minn., for a year. Janitors still find cigarette Butts in stairwells but and non smokers alike agree there Are Taw violations of the Center s policy Banning smoking in buildings and on grounds of its 19 clinic and office Sites in the Minneapolis St. Paul area. Park Nicollet whose 300 physicians and 1,500 other employees handle More than 23 million patient visits each year instituted its total ban on smoking Jan. 1, 1936, after a two year phase in. Violators gel verbal warnings from their supervisor for first offences and written notices for second offences with copies to their personnel files. A third violation is grounds for dismissal. However there have been no cases in which a doctor or other employee has been warned More than once officials said. "there1 definitely a trend toward smoke free places and the trend is for medical facilities to Lead the Way said Michele Kling a spokeswoman for the american lung association in new York. Pressure to do something about smoking at Park Nicollet headquartered in St. Louis Park began in late 1962 when the Board of trustees was challenged to declare All Center buildings smoke free. I recognized that Ell the messages we gave patients were that you should not said president James Reinartsen. A physician. They would then go Down for a cup of Coffee and gee 50 people in White Coats smoking cigarettes. My question was who did they listen to i contended the cafeteria message was counteracting what we were saying in the doctors or a Stuart Hanson a lung specialist Al the cellar and current president of the Minnesota coalition for a smoke free society 2000, took up the Gauntlet. "1 said this in t just an Issue of our cafeteria it s in Issue of a whole society. We Felt the image of our Taci lil saturday it
