Pa. Restauranteurs Endorse Smoking Ban

Pa. Restauranteurs Endorse Smoking Ban
July 6, 2006

News Summary

In the wake of a new Surgeon General's report on the dangers of secondhand smoke, the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association has reversed course and endorsed a statewide indoor-smoking ban, the Associated Press reported July 5.

Patrick Conway, CEO of the group, said the change springs from concern about the health of restaurant employees. The association will now push for a smoking ban that includes restaurants, bars, casinos, and private clubs. "It should be done on a comprehensive, statewide basis," Conway said. "In other states, certain groups have tried to have themselves unfairly carved out of legislation."

Pennsylvania legislators have previously tried to pass a statewide ban, without success.

COMMENTS ON THIS ARTICLE:

Posted by john e carey on 08 Aug 08 03:10 PM EDT

This is why I dropped out of the association, they have become the politicians instead of the PROTECTORS of restaurant and tavern rights,If there was such a out cry for smoke free taverns and restaurants, then there should be a large Drinking and Eating patron demand, but in most cases there isn't its usually people who sit home and complain about EVERYTHING from global warming to abortion and none of the changes will effect them, because they don't do 1/3 of the things that they are crying about, and won't affect them personally anyway, so why don't they let the individual tavern/restaurant decide whether to be smoke free or not... the needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few... not the other way around....

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