Arizonans Concerned About Smoking, Inc. (ACAS)

Tempe, Arizona - Tuesday, May 21, 2002 [source: tobacco.org]

Projects:

Projects and Priorities:

* Continue to assist with education and compliance efforts to help implement the
Smoke-Free Arizona law
* Promote fire-safe cigarettes
* Protect children from second-hand smoke
* Support smoke-free multi-housing
* Encourage smoke-free restaurant patios
* Endorse smoke-free casinos
* Advance tobacco-free mental health facilities
* Support tobacco-free prisons
* Campaign for smoke-free seating for outdoor concerts, sporting events, etc.
* Provide for a chew/spit tobacco education and awareness campaign
* Illuminate instances of live theater performances where smoking has occurred in the past
* Prevent household pet exposure to second-hand smoke
* Publicize major international smoke-free travel updates
* Advocate for Arizona’s statewide Tobacco Education & Prevention Program (TEPP)

City Ordinance Examples:

Voters in Mesa, Arizona in 1996 passed the “Mesa for Clean Air Initiative” (PDF): Smoking
Regulations and Healthier Smoke -free Environments

The City Council of Guadalupe, Arizona in 2002 enacted May 9, 2002

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Voters narrowly approved a measure 52.5% to 47.5% extending the city's existing
ban on smoking to all restaurants, bars, pool halls and bowling alleys.

Tempe now has the strictest no-smoking law in the state, which leading up to the election had created
fear among some restaurant and bar owners that smokers would take their businesses to neighboring
cities that have no such restrictions.

An opposition group had said the ban would cripple businesses already suffering from increased
competition.

Ban supporters argued that everyone should have the right to breathe air free of pollutants, especially
hospitality workers who are subject to smoky conditions for long periods.

Link to Tempe initiative:
http://www.mascotcoalition.org/initiatives/cia/tempe/initiative.pdf

Hopi Indian Reservation – went totally smoke free in 2005.

State of Arizona: November 7, 2006 Proposition 201 "Smoke-Free Arizona
Act."*

"Our traditional tobacco
has great meaning. But
what the tobacco
industry sells us doesn't.
It's a commercial
product containing
thousands of toxic
chemicals like acetone,
arsenic, and ammonia,
giving our community
nothing but death,
disease, and hardship.

There is a difference
between our tobacco
and their tobacco.
So, please, use tobacco
wisely."

Thanks to:

The TRUTH

Huntsman Cancer Foundation

Kim and David Gallagher in front of ACAS banner during SADD golf tournament

Guests Al and Dottie Brasher,
seen at right arriving at recent
ACAS Board Meeting, brought a
successful lawsuit in Washington
State to require the state to
conform to the 1991 US
Supreme court decision on what
constitutes a private club. VFW,
Elks and Rotary are not private
clubs.

Mr. Brasher suggested that
ACAS may want to consider a
new project, a law suit designed
to force Arizona to comply with
smoke-free "public" clubs.

ACAS Projects: Smoke-Free Casinos | Teens And Tobacco | Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing | Education And Reference | Smoke-Free Foster Homes

525 W Southern Ave. Suite #110 Mesa, AZ 85210 | ph: 480.733.5864 | fax: 480.733.1844 | smokefreeaz@yahoo.com

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Albuquerque, NM - The Navajo Nation Council approved the ban on a vote of 42-27 at the end of its
week long summer session in the Navajo capital of Window Rock, Ariz. Navajo Nation President Joe
Shirley Jr. has 10 days to decide whether to sign or veto the law once it reaches his desk.

The measure prohibits smoking and chewing tobacco in public buildings and shared public air space,
but does not affect tobacco used in ceremonies for traditional or religious purposes on the reservation,
an area about the size of West Virginia that encompasses parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

For technical issues or errors: webmasterACAS@cox.net | Rick Johnson

The voters of Tempe, Arizona passed Proposition 200 on May 21, 2002:

Prescott, Arizona

Flagstaff, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona - January 10, 2006 Smoke Free Air Ordinance

Click here to see Special Recognition for
the Hopi Indian Reservation
from Governor Janet Napolitano

*Note: If a community has a non-smoking ordinance
that is more strict than Prop 201, the local ordinance is
applied for citizens of that community.

The Navajo Nation Council voted on Friday, 07/25/08, to ban smoking and chewing tobacco
in public places on the vast reservation, including such outdoor venues as rodeos and fairs.

The Honorable Joe Shirley Jr., President,
Navajo Nation, vetoes commercial tobacco bill

08/07/08