European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Non smokers within he United Stales. The measure also would prohibit smoking in the waiting areas of terminals and in Resl Hoorns owners and operators of lha terminals however would be permitted to designate specific space As smoking areas provided Tiey Are physically separate from lha non smoking sections in introducing the legislation. Hatch said Anna is not alone. Tens of thousands o people with Ashima and emphysema Are effectively banished from Public transportation because of cigarette smoke and hundreds of thousands of americans who suffer from heart disease put their Well being at risk every Lime they travel because the air around them has bean poisoned by he smoking of  Hatch ranking Republican on the Senate s labor and human resources committee noted that the . Surgeon general released a report in december which steles that involuntary smoking is a cause of disease including lung cancer and heart ailments. In otherwise healthy non smokers. He said the report also found that simple separation of smokers and non smokers within the same air space May reduce but nol eliminate Tia health hazards to the non smoker. Based upon this convincing and comprehensive medical and scientific evidence certainly the time has come Lor Congress to address some very serious questions regarding the rights of smokers and non Smo cers he said. Does an individual s right to smoke infringe upon the rights of other individuals to breathe clean air he said. Should non smokers have the right to travel on buses trains and planes in this country free of pain and discomfort and exposure to harmful cigarette smoking the results of numerous polls and surveys taken in recent years seem to indicate that a vast majority of the Public thinks the answers Are  r Butts was besmirched by allowing smoking said Hanson a former pipe smoker. The medical Center already was in compliance with the 1975 Minnesota clean indoor air act which allows smoking indoors Only in designated areas used by the general Public or serving As a place of work. Park nicolies officials wanted to go further. A task Force of non smokers and smokers surveyed employees 55 percent of whom responded of those. 62 percent said they favored a smoking ban. Cardiologist Phillip Ranheim was against the ban and still is. I fought against it very actively. I wrote countless memos and said my piece. But my Side lost so i shut up Ranheim said. I fell at the time they were ramming it Down our throats. I m addicted to smoking cigarettes. It s been very very hard for  to help Iti employee quit smoking the Center offered smoking cessation classes and exercise Manhsim said he tried twice to quit smoking but suffered severe withdrawal symptoms including lightheadedness and dizziness. Still he said he has never violated Tho smoking ban. Mow i leave the building and drive around the Block Whan i have to  receptionist sue Bixby goes to a nearby Park for a cigarette during Breaks. At first i was really upset i Don t think whatever anyone said would have made any difference in the decision to ban smoking she said. I tried to quit but the weight gain is not Worth  she and Ranheim agreed few employees violate the ban. Though some smoke in their cars in the parking lot. Hanson noted that since the ban was instituted there had been a significant drop in the number of smokers at Park nicolies which gives preference to non smokers when hiring people if other things Are equal in 1983, before the phase in of the smoking ban began 27 percent of the Center s employees said they were smokers. By lha time the total ban went into effect that number was Down la 14 5 percent Hanson said. Uary 7, 1067 5mokin6 allowed behind Thi Only another thousand Mil to and Well be  ban sought on cigarette ads by Irvin Molotsky new York times red with a declaration by the surgeon general that cigarettes Are harmful to non smokers and with a 19b6 supreme court decision that suggested the government could prohibit cigarette advertising advocates of such a ban Are planning a major push for it in Congress this year. The Reagan administration has declined to state its position on the question. At Issue is More than $2 billion a year that the cigarette companies spend to place advertising in magazines and newspapers and to sponsor events As diverse As the Virginia Sims Tennis tournament the Kool jazz festival and museum shows such As an exhibition of turkish Art that is to open this week at the National gallery at Art with the support of the Philip Morris co. In addition sen. Bill Bradley d n.j., plans to attack cigarettes on two other fronts seeking Laws to double the excise tax from the present 16 cents per pack to 32 cents and prohibit cigarette manufacturers from reporting advertising expenses As tax deductions. A Bill prohibiting advertising was first introduced in the last session of Congress by rep. Mike Synar d okla., mostly to Force a discussion of the Issue according to congressional aides Synar plans to re introduce the measure this month. It is expected to draw Strong support from those in Congress who oppose smoking As Well As Public he ail groups such As the american medical association the american cancer society the american lung association and the american heart association. Lining up in opposition Ere the cigarette Industry members of Congress from tobacco producing states the advertising Industry newspaper and Magazine publishers people Active in civil Liberty mailers who see the proposals As threats to the first amendment s guarantees of free press and free speech and others who see the proposals As government Medd Fang in people s personal affairs. The tobacco Institute a major lobbying Force in Washington has vowed to defeat the proposed prohibition on advertising. Testifying Latty Carat a congressional hearing Synar asserted that it was illogical for cigarette ads to be banned on television and radio but allowed elsewhere. Instead we should make the Taw consistent by extending the current ban to the print Media billboards and the sponsorship of sporting and other events he said. The group s executive vice president John e. Otoole contended that commercial free speech had Strong Proie cimons in he Constitution and a cited supreme court cases Hal held that for a government to Institute an advertising ban it must show that the ban would further the government s interest in lha Case of cigarettes he said the government would not be Abla to show that an advertising ban would reduce cigarette consumption a Point disputed by proponents of the prohibition. On the other hand Otoole said he believes a tax increase is More Likely. It is a popular Issue especially at a time when the government needs Money he said. This will be a Tough one to  the stars and stripes Page 16