European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                White 33 state restrict smoking on Public transport fewer the 10 have curbs on smoking in Tho workplace snuffing out smoking at the office by Robert Bahr associated press cigarette increasingly the Law abiding american smoker needs to Check slate Law City ordinance and company policy before taking a drag. Workplaces have become a crucial front in the War Over smoking especially since the United states surgeon general sided last year Wilh those who believe that tobacco is nol Only harmful to the smoker but to Ine non smokers nearby. Introducing the annual report on smoking and health in december surgeon general c. Everell Koop advocated that smoking be banned wherever possible ii we can t have bans Koop said i recommend separating smokers from  Erma Bombeck while 33 slates have saws restricting smoking on Public transportation ewer than 10 restrict smoking in the workplace Maine requires every employer to have a policy but does t set any standards new Jersey and Connecticut require policies for businesses with More than 50 employees. Florida Minnesota Montana Nebraska and Wisconsin permit smoking Only in designated office areas while new Mexico requires employers to provide smoke free areas if Emp Byees request them. Ulah requires local health boards to draft regulations for workplaces where smoke constitutes a health Hazard. Whether new York joins these Stales and when depends on the courts. The stale s Public health Council had drafted sweeping restrictions which guaranteed a smoke free environment to any worker who wanted Ono. The effective Datt is in doubt however because of a lower court ruling that the Council had usurped the new York legislature s authority new York s regulations could be a breakthrough for the anti smoking movement because Legislatures have been reluctant to act said John Banzhaf executive director of action on smoking and health Ash. New York May be a bellwether in that it is the first one imposed by a slate health Agency rather than by the legislature itself Banzhaf said. That s important for Tho nor smoking movement because the smoking lobby can use its muscle in the  according to the tobacco Institute legislators Are reluctant to act because constituents Don t want it. We ind very Little indication at All that people want legislators to jump on this question said Scott stall assistant to the president of the tobacco Institute. In More than a dozen polls conducted across the United states slap said 75 percent or More of the respondents rejected government regulations. A Gallup poll conducted or the american lung association in 1985 found thai 80 percent of non smokers and former smokers and 76 percent of smokers thought that employers should designate areas for smoking and non smoking however Only 12 percent of the non smokers 9 percent of the former smokers and 4 percent of the smokers favored an outright ban on smoking at work. Eighty live percent of the non smokers Felt smokers should refrain from lighting up in their presence but Only 34 percent would insist on that Courtesy at work according to the lung association poll. According to tha department of health and human services smoking and health report 33 states regulate smoking in buses and trains 32 have rules covering health a cites and 31 regulate smoking in elevators. Smoking on Public school property is restricted in 27 states. Hundreds of municipalities notably san Francisco Beverly Hills calif., Cambridge mass and fort Collins Colo. Have enacted strict regulations. Eight Stales. Alabama Illinois Louisiana Missouri North Carolina Tennessee Virginia and Wyoming have no restrictions whatever. Smoking is waning. Less than 33 percent of american men smoke compared to nearly 53 percent in 1964, White the percentage of women who smoke has declined from 34 Porcell in 1965 to 28 percent. Per capita consumption in 1985 was at its lowest level in 40 years. A poll sponsored by the National science foundation found last year that 95 percent of those surveyed believed thai smoking causes serious health problems. Businesses have restricted smoking on their own but a Survey by the Bureau of National affairs and the american society for personnel administration found that state or local Laws prompted action in 28 percent of the cases. Company concerns about health and complaints by employees ranked second and third As Impe uses to corporate action. That Survey of 662 members of the Aspa conducted last year Lound that 38 percent of the companies have a smoking policy or were setting one 21 percent were thinking about it end 41 percent had no plans. Only 8 percent of the companies had set policies before 19b2 51 percent of those with policies had acted in the last two years. There s a Small creative group of people who wander through life saying. If they can put a Man on the Moon How come and Ihen finishing it with their latest invention brainstorm. How coma sport shoes have never been made with headlights Lor nighttime running How come Ketchup has never been made in a solid Roll so you can slice the desired thickness you want for your hamburger How come there in t a wristband nose wiper Well just when you thought inventors had added everything to your car including bumper stickers citizens band radios cellular phones and Saty on Board signs along comes a Little Box that allows you to Flash messages from your rear window. A Man from Johnson City Tenn. Came up with the idea because from time to time he Felt the need to communicate with other divers there s a time when you want to say please let me in or thank you or Page 16 the stars and stripes Why Are you breathing Down my tailpipe would t you know it All this new technology would surface just when i started to understand some of the hand signals with which so Many Drivers communicate. Given the traffic conditions and the mood of the country i Don t visualize this As a dialogue Between Pat Boone and his pastor. I gel the Teeling if i lashed please let me in a car behind me would Flash Why Bimbo or if i suggested they were following too close they might just retaliate with your Mother swims out to meet  we Veall seen what happened to bumper stickers. They started off harmless enough god loves you and so do i end have a Good  and then they started to turn hostile. I found it was followed by i never lost it  in retaliation to honk if you love Jesus came honk if you be lost your Wilt to  smokers were admonished smoke All you want but Don t  Pul upon groups rallied with Chiel Petty monday May 25,1987 officers Are Good lovers too have you hugged a cellist today and i m a native and proud of  there s something about a moving car that gives you a voice with anonymity intact. After the next traffic fight you la probably never see these people again so you can say anything. Take me. I m a mild mannered columnist who used to be a mild mannered homeroom Mother. Butter would not melt in my Mouth. Yet Whan i consider the possibilities of flashing a message in my rear window Tho one that comes to mind is when the Light changes within three seconds and the Driver behind me lays on his Horn. I could t live Wilh myself if i did t Flash sleaze did it really take you three months to learn How to play that instrument maybe the world is ready for it. On the other hand if they can put a Man on the Moon How come they can t make an umbrella that covers your head instead of the handle i Clos angelas times synd Cata