Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] PROTESTERS CLAIM SMOKING BAN AFFECTS BUSINESS, PERSONAL RIGHTS Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:17:05 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:42:35 -0400, Jacob Rieper wrote: >=A0PROTESTERS CLAIM SMOKING BAN AFFECTS BUSINESS, PERSONAL RIGHTS > >=A0http://www.pall-times.com/display/inn_news/news4.txt .... Here's the most insidious portion of the ban . It likely will= be modified so that the "waiver" bureaucracy can metastasize into a $100= million yearly enterprise . : >=A0The state Health Department recently circulated a memo to state= and local >=A0health officials outlining the waivers permitted under the new= law. These >=A0waivers could allow smoking in small establishments while still= reducing >=A0the exposure of second-hand smoke. > >=A0The Health Department said waivers can be accepted from= businesses which >=A0can show financial hardship due to the smoking ban or the= existence of >=A0other factors "which would render compliance unreasonable." > >=A0Companies claiming hardship would have to provide the financial= information >=A0to back up their contentions. --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm