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Oregon's New Smoke-Free Law is a Historic Step for Health |
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From PR Newswire: Government and Policy: The Oregon Legislature has delivered a historic victory for health and the public's right to breathe clean air by passing legislation to make all workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. This adds to the growing momentum across the country and around the world to protect all workers and the public from the serious health hazards of secondhand smoke. Oregon joins 21 other states, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, that have passed smoke-free laws that cover restaurants and bars. Four other states -- Florida, Idaho, Louisiana and Nevada -- have smoke-free laws that include restaurants but exempt stand-alone bars. The Surgeon General found that secondhand smoke is a proven cause of lung cancer, heart disease, serious respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis and asthma, low birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome.
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