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BILL STATUS VOTES FOR SB1440 - Third Reading
Y = Yes NV = Not Voting V = Vacant
N = No EXC = Excused
Member Name Vote
Amanda Aguirre
Meg Burton Cahill
Ken Cheuvront
John Huppenthal
Leah Landrum Taylor
Linda Lopez
Al Melvin
Richard Miranda
Jonathan Paton
Debbie McCune Davis NV
Y = Yes NV = Not Voting V = Vacant
N = No EXC = Excused
Member Name Vote
Amanda Aguirre
Meg Burton Cahill
Ken Cheuvront
John Huppenthal
Leah Landrum Taylor
Linda Lopez
Al Melvin
Richard Miranda
Jonathan Paton
Debbie McCune Davis NV
Member Name Vote
Paula Aboud
Carolyn S. Allen
Sylvia Allen
Manuel V. "Manny"
Alvarez
Robert "Bob" Burns
Jorge Luis Garcia
Pamela Gorman
Ron Gould
Chuck Gray
Linda Gray
Albert Hale
Jack W. Harper
Barbara Leff
John Nelson
Russell Pearce
Steve Pierce
Rebecca Rios
Jay Tibshraeny
Thayer Verschoor
Jim Waring
Paula Aboud
Carolyn S. Allen
Sylvia Allen
Manuel V. "Manny"
Alvarez
Robert "Bob" Burns
Jorge Luis Garcia
Pamela Gorman
Ron Gould
Chuck Gray
Linda Gray
Albert Hale
Jack W. Harper
Barbara Leff
John Nelson
Russell Pearce
Steve Pierce
Rebecca Rios
Jay Tibshraeny
Thayer Verschoor
Jim Waring
| Click here to see Commendation presented to Richard H Carmona, 17th U.S. Surgeon General |
(01/22/08) This photo features 17th U.S.
Surgeon General (2002-2006) Dr. Richard H.
Carmona (center) during a Tucson Canyon
Ranch visit by ACAS officers.
ACAS President Dr. Leland Fairbanks (left) is
holding the 1964 "First Surgeon General's
Report on Smoking and Health" by Dr Luther L.
Terry. ACAS Executive Director Philip J.
Carpenter (right) is holding the 1986 Surgeon
General's Report by Dr C. Everett Koop, "The
Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking".
Surgeon General (2002-2006) Dr. Richard H.
Carmona (center) during a Tucson Canyon
Ranch visit by ACAS officers.
ACAS President Dr. Leland Fairbanks (left) is
holding the 1964 "First Surgeon General's
Report on Smoking and Health" by Dr Luther L.
Terry. ACAS Executive Director Philip J.
Carpenter (right) is holding the 1986 Surgeon
General's Report by Dr C. Everett Koop, "The
Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking".
ACAS NEWS:
The ACAS Mission:
Arizonans Concerned About Smoking (ACAS) is
a non-profit, pro-health, organization. Our goal
is to save lives through public awareness
regarding the hazards of tobacco use (especially
when in public places around others who are
nonsmokers), and by advocating public policy
which promotes a more healthy smoke-free
society.
We believe that all individuals should have a
healthy smoke-free workplace environment. No
one should have to choose between their health
and their job.
a non-profit, pro-health, organization. Our goal
is to save lives through public awareness
regarding the hazards of tobacco use (especially
when in public places around others who are
nonsmokers), and by advocating public policy
which promotes a more healthy smoke-free
society.
We believe that all individuals should have a
healthy smoke-free workplace environment. No
one should have to choose between their health
and their job.
Our ACAS Work:
The work of ACAS is to achieve health promoting
smoke-free workplaces for all employed workers.
As stated above, no one should have to choose
between their health and their job.
smoke-free workplaces for all employed workers.
As stated above, no one should have to choose
between their health and their job.
Our ACAS work has always been tobacco
control, education, and educational advocacy,
focused on achieving the above stated
smoke-free workplace goal. This includes
supporting and taking direct actions designed to
control, education, and educational advocacy,
focused on achieving the above stated
smoke-free workplace goal. This includes
supporting and taking direct actions designed to
Violation:
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reearizona.org/reporting.asp
1.877.4AZ.NOSMOKE
(1.877.429.6676)
http://www.smokef
reearizona.org/reporting.asp
1.877.4AZ.NOSMOKE
(1.877.429.6676)
Who's Smoke-free?
Read ANRF's "Local 100%
Smoke-free Laws in all
Workplaces, Restaurants,
and Bars: Effective by Year"
here.
Read ANRF's "Local 100%
Smoke-free Laws in all
Workplaces, Restaurants,
and Bars: Effective by Year"
here.
(continued from above)
My Own Personal Civil Rights Journey: As a small child,
the de-humanization of Human Slavery, “white the
highest bidder was overwhelming to me. It was
distressing to learn that the male United States
Declaration of Independence and Constitution authors
said that: “All Men are created equal,” but Women,
People of Color, and Native Americans (from whom the
land was taken) were all denied the right to vote. Native
Americans were referred to as “merciless Indian
Savages.”
Just as remedial action civil rights laws were needed
in the past, workplace civil rights laws are currently
needed to “Close The Loopholes” for workplace
coverage of overlooked casino workers. Leaving out
workers at casinos, fraternal/military clubs (for U.S.
veterans), and “sham” private clubs, are modern
versions of “second class” citizenship for civil rights
and health protection. Smoking control laws must
avoid the trap of allowing pro-tobacco advocates to
promote costly ventilation systems which reduce
smell, but unlike smoking bans, can’t remove cancer
risks. Separate Smoking and Non-Smoking sections
are also ineffective, as pointed out by the: “America
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers” (ASHRAE), because of immediate diffusion
of smoke/gases to entirely penetrate enclosed spaces.
Scientific research has long shown that banning indoor
smoking at its source, is the only way to adequately
achieve indoor air safety standards.
We must protect workplace civil rights & CLOSE THE
LOOPHOLES in workplace smoke protection laws.
“No one should have to choose between their health
and their Job”
10/24/08
Leland L. Fairbanks, MD, MPH
President, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking
My Own Personal Civil Rights Journey: As a small child,
the de-humanization of Human Slavery, “white the
highest bidder was overwhelming to me. It was
distressing to learn that the male United States
Declaration of Independence and Constitution authors
said that: “All Men are created equal,” but Women,
People of Color, and Native Americans (from whom the
land was taken) were all denied the right to vote. Native
Americans were referred to as “merciless Indian
Savages.”
Just as remedial action civil rights laws were needed
in the past, workplace civil rights laws are currently
needed to “Close The Loopholes” for workplace
coverage of overlooked casino workers. Leaving out
workers at casinos, fraternal/military clubs (for U.S.
veterans), and “sham” private clubs, are modern
versions of “second class” citizenship for civil rights
and health protection. Smoking control laws must
avoid the trap of allowing pro-tobacco advocates to
promote costly ventilation systems which reduce
smell, but unlike smoking bans, can’t remove cancer
risks. Separate Smoking and Non-Smoking sections
are also ineffective, as pointed out by the: “America
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers” (ASHRAE), because of immediate diffusion
of smoke/gases to entirely penetrate enclosed spaces.
Scientific research has long shown that banning indoor
smoking at its source, is the only way to adequately
achieve indoor air safety standards.
We must protect workplace civil rights & CLOSE THE
LOOPHOLES in workplace smoke protection laws.
“No one should have to choose between their health
and their Job”
10/24/08
Leland L. Fairbanks, MD, MPH
President, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking
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"Healthy Smoke-Free Workplaces –
a Civil Rights Issue"
by Leland Fairbanks, President, ACAS
a Civil Rights Issue"
by Leland Fairbanks, President, ACAS
ARIZONA NEWS:
| Our Purpose Is To Save Lives |
Late ACAS Trustee John Irvine (left) and Newsletter
Editor and Trustee Greg Fairbanks (right) recieve Special
Recognition Awards. Also pictured. Kim Gallagher.
Editor and Trustee Greg Fairbanks (right) recieve Special
Recognition Awards. Also pictured. Kim Gallagher.
Arizona's smoking rate takes
huge drop
huge drop
State 7th-lowest 1 year after
being 25th-lowest
being 25th-lowest
Ginger Rough | May. 28, 2009 12:00 AM | The
Arizona Republic
Arizona Republic
dropping sharply, and experts are attributing
the decline to new laws that limit the use of
tobacco and the higher cost of cigarettes.
A new federal study shows that about 170,000
of the state's adult residents kicked their
smoking habit from 2007 to 2008; the number
of active smokers in Arizona - those who
smoke some days or every day - fell to 15.9
percent, down from 19.8 percent in 2007.
That's a nearly 20 percent decrease, and
medical experts call it "unprecedented."
The share of people who smoke every day fell
to 10.7 percent from 13.6 percent.
I think - I hope - that this trend will continue,"
said Bill Pfeifer, president and chief executive
of the American Lung Association of Arizona.
"There's been a change in the environment in
Arizona."
Arizona's decrease in active smokers means
the state now ranks far below the national
average of 18.3 percent.
Among states, Arizona had the seventh-lowest
rate in the nation in 2008 in terms of smoking
prevalence, down from the 25th-lowest rate a
year earlier. Utah had the lowest rate last year;
West Virginia had the highest.
The data comes from the 2008 Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System, which is the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
annual survey of the nation's health.
The report, which is the largest of its kind,
draws its information from monthly telephone
interviews. It has been conducted every year
since 1984.
Pfeifer, who is also the chairman of Arizona's
Tobacco Revenue, Use Spending and
Tracking Commission, attributed the decrease
in smoking to various factors, including greater
awareness of health risks and the steady
increase in taxes on tobacco. The latest went
into effect April 1. A pack of premium
cigarettes purchased in Arizona now costs
roughly $7.50 to $8, officials said. Of that, $2
is state taxes and $1.01 is federal taxes.
Will Humble, interim director of the Arizona
Department of Health Services, also believes
the large one-year drop is due in part to
Smoke Free Arizona, legislation that banned
smoking in most public places, including
restaurants and bars.
The law went into effect in May 2007 and could
have helped "social smokers," those who tend
to smoke in groups and public places, to kick
their habit, Humble said.
"Those people are included in the survey
(data)," he said. "And that's a pretty easy
group to peel off, if you eliminate the social
aspect to their habit."
Humble said preliminary data for 2009, which
has not yet been released, shows the
downward trend continuing.
The surveys put current smoking prevalence in
the state at about 15.3 percent, he said.
the decline to new laws that limit the use of
tobacco and the higher cost of cigarettes.
A new federal study shows that about 170,000
of the state's adult residents kicked their
smoking habit from 2007 to 2008; the number
of active smokers in Arizona - those who
smoke some days or every day - fell to 15.9
percent, down from 19.8 percent in 2007.
That's a nearly 20 percent decrease, and
medical experts call it "unprecedented."
The share of people who smoke every day fell
to 10.7 percent from 13.6 percent.
I think - I hope - that this trend will continue,"
said Bill Pfeifer, president and chief executive
of the American Lung Association of Arizona.
"There's been a change in the environment in
Arizona."
Arizona's decrease in active smokers means
the state now ranks far below the national
average of 18.3 percent.
Among states, Arizona had the seventh-lowest
rate in the nation in 2008 in terms of smoking
prevalence, down from the 25th-lowest rate a
year earlier. Utah had the lowest rate last year;
West Virginia had the highest.
The data comes from the 2008 Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System, which is the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
annual survey of the nation's health.
The report, which is the largest of its kind,
draws its information from monthly telephone
interviews. It has been conducted every year
since 1984.
Pfeifer, who is also the chairman of Arizona's
Tobacco Revenue, Use Spending and
Tracking Commission, attributed the decrease
in smoking to various factors, including greater
awareness of health risks and the steady
increase in taxes on tobacco. The latest went
into effect April 1. A pack of premium
cigarettes purchased in Arizona now costs
roughly $7.50 to $8, officials said. Of that, $2
is state taxes and $1.01 is federal taxes.
Will Humble, interim director of the Arizona
Department of Health Services, also believes
the large one-year drop is due in part to
Smoke Free Arizona, legislation that banned
smoking in most public places, including
restaurants and bars.
The law went into effect in May 2007 and could
have helped "social smokers," those who tend
to smoke in groups and public places, to kick
their habit, Humble said.
"Those people are included in the survey
(data)," he said. "And that's a pretty easy
group to peel off, if you eliminate the social
aspect to their habit."
Humble said preliminary data for 2009, which
has not yet been released, shows the
downward trend continuing.
The surveys put current smoking prevalence in
the state at about 15.3 percent, he said.
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Arizonans Concerned About Smoking (ACAS), strongly
advocates that: Assuring safe, healthful, smoke-free
workplaces for all workers is more than a health issue.
It is a clear civil rights issue. We need workplace laws
without the loopholes so common in past “partial
smoke-free” legislation. Carcinogenic tobacco smoke
is the number one cause of preventable chronic
disease deaths in America. We reject arguments
excusing health protection loopholes, based upon
deception, “sham privacy” claims, gimmicks (such as
“electronic cigarettes”), ethnicity, color, social or
economic class, etc. There is no longer (and never
was) a proper place for “White Only”, signs, or subtle:
“Blacks, Latinos & American Indians Need Not Apply”
job policies. Women and men must be paid the same
(not unequally) when doing exactly the same job.
(continued below)
advocates that: Assuring safe, healthful, smoke-free
workplaces for all workers is more than a health issue.
It is a clear civil rights issue. We need workplace laws
without the loopholes so common in past “partial
smoke-free” legislation. Carcinogenic tobacco smoke
is the number one cause of preventable chronic
disease deaths in America. We reject arguments
excusing health protection loopholes, based upon
deception, “sham privacy” claims, gimmicks (such as
“electronic cigarettes”), ethnicity, color, social or
economic class, etc. There is no longer (and never
was) a proper place for “White Only”, signs, or subtle:
“Blacks, Latinos & American Indians Need Not Apply”
job policies. Women and men must be paid the same
(not unequally) when doing exactly the same job.
(continued below)
| "Thank you to ACAS's primary donor, the Arizona Community Foundation" |
ACAS President Lee Fairbanks,
M.D., Receives Americans For
Nonsmoker's Rights "Smokefree
Hero of the Year" Award
M.D., Receives Americans For
Nonsmoker's Rights "Smokefree
Hero of the Year" Award
| June 09, 2009 |
State's raiding of fund for budget
illegal, court rules
illegal, court rules
| by M. Benson | Jul. 25, 2009 12:00 AM | The Arizona Republic (azcentral.com) |
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that
Gov. Jan Brewer and state officials violated the
state Constitution earlier this year when they
took money from an early-childhood-education
fund to help balance the state budget.
That fund, known as First Things First, was
created by state voters in 2006 with their
passage of a ballot proposal that increased
tobacco taxes to fund a variety of education
and health programs for children.
Gov. Jan Brewer and state officials violated the
state Constitution earlier this year when they
took money from an early-childhood-education
fund to help balance the state budget.
That fund, known as First Things First, was
created by state voters in 2006 with their
passage of a ballot proposal that increased
tobacco taxes to fund a variety of education
and health programs for children.
In January, with the state facing a $1.6 billion
budget shortfall for fiscal 2009, Brewer and
legislators moved $7 million from the First
Things First account into the state general
fund. State officials argued that the money,
interest that had accrued off the special
account's tax revenue, was exempt from
protections that guard voter-approved
measures.
Friday and ordered the $7 million returned to
First Things First.
"First Things First understands that Arizona is
experiencing an unprecedented fiscal crisis
resulting in significant budget cuts across
services that affect children and families, and
we remain committed to ensuring all Arizona
children begin school ready to succeed,"
organization spokeswoman Liz Barker Alvarez
said.
(continued below)
budget shortfall for fiscal 2009, Brewer and
legislators moved $7 million from the First
Things First account into the state general
fund. State officials argued that the money,
interest that had accrued off the special
account's tax revenue, was exempt from
protections that guard voter-approved
measures.
Friday and ordered the $7 million returned to
First Things First.
"First Things First understands that Arizona is
experiencing an unprecedented fiscal crisis
resulting in significant budget cuts across
services that affect children and families, and
we remain committed to ensuring all Arizona
children begin school ready to succeed,"
organization spokeswoman Liz Barker Alvarez
said.
(continued below)
In a 12-page decision, the state's high court
found that all funding collected for the special
program is earmarked according to the ballot
measure and may not be seized for other state
needs.
The decision means that, as with other
voter-approved measures, the Legislature can
amend First Things First only with a
three-fourths vote of the House and Senate -
and only if the proposed changes further the
intent of the initiative.
Brewer, named in the lawsuit alongside state
Treasurer Dean Martin and Comptroller D.
Clark Partridge, was said to be disappointed in
the ruling but respectful of the court's decision.
"It certainly makes balancing the budget more
difficult," Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman
said.
Though the state is constitutionally required to
have a balanced budget, it concluded fiscal
2009 on June 30 with a budget shortfall of
roughly $200 million.
The Legislature and governor are expected to
address the deficit during an ongoing special
session, which continues Monday when
lawmakers return to the Capitol.
found that all funding collected for the special
program is earmarked according to the ballot
measure and may not be seized for other state
needs.
The decision means that, as with other
voter-approved measures, the Legislature can
amend First Things First only with a
three-fourths vote of the House and Senate -
and only if the proposed changes further the
intent of the initiative.
Brewer, named in the lawsuit alongside state
Treasurer Dean Martin and Comptroller D.
Clark Partridge, was said to be disappointed in
the ruling but respectful of the court's decision.
"It certainly makes balancing the budget more
difficult," Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman
said.
Though the state is constitutionally required to
have a balanced budget, it concluded fiscal
2009 on June 30 with a budget shortfall of
roughly $200 million.
The Legislature and governor are expected to
address the deficit during an ongoing special
session, which continues Monday when
lawmakers return to the Capitol.
| Pictured from the left - Dr. Leland L. Fairbanks, President, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking Inc, center - Dr. Eric Ossowski, 2004 American Family Physician of the Year, right - Lyndon W. Sanders, President, Alternate Health Decisions Foundation. |
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