Keep Baytown Smoke-Free -- Vote AGAINST Proposition 1.
Your right to breathe smoke-free air is in danger of being taken away. If you would like Baytown's restaurants, bars, and other public places to stay smoke-free, you must take the time to go vote AGAINST Proposition 1. Vote early Apr 30-May 8 or on Election Day, Saturday, May 12.
Protect the health of customers, employees, and your own family. Vote AGAINST Proposition 1.
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DID YOU KNOW?
- Secondhand smoke causes between 35,000 and 40,000 deaths from heart disease every year.
- Secondhand smoke also causes 3000 lung cancer deaths each year.
- Secondhand smoke is classified by the EPA as a Group A carcinogen -- the same category of cancer-causing agents as asbestos.
- Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke have been shown to have many of the same tobacco-related diseases as active smokers.
- The evidence shows that implementing smoke-free policies has immediate benefits on restaurant and bar workers’ health.
Click here to learn more about the dangers of secondhand smoke... [3]
How can you get involved with our campaign?
- Contribute funds to help us claim the right to breathe smoke-free air! (click here for more info) [4]
- Display a yard sign -- NOW AVAILABLE!
- Distribute yard signs
- Hand out flyers
- Write letters to the editor
- Tell your story about how secondhand smoke effects you!
If you are interested in any of these activities, please email us at smokefreebaytown@gmail.com [5].
IN THE NEWS:
Group: Current smoking ban is working
By Jessica Robertson
Baytown Sun [6]
Published April 19, 2007
Both sides of Baytown’s great smoking debate are gearing up for next month’s election that will include a proposed ordinance to repeal the city’s ban on indoor smoking and allow restaurants to have designated sections for smokers.
The SmokeFree Baytown Coalition, which backed the ban that was passed by 57 percent of voters in November, held a press conference on Wednesday at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center to kick off their campaign to defeat the latest initiative.
If passed, the measure — called Proposition 1 — would essentially nullify the ban and reinstate the city’s previous guidelines that restricted smoking to designated sections in restaurants with separate ventilation systems.
“We know this ordinance has been working,” coalition spokesman Dr. Bruce Kennedy said. “Proposition 1 threatens to take away our right to breathe smokefree air. It would reverse the progress we’ve made and take Baytown back to an unhealthier time.”