Arizona Smoke-Free History:
For this he credits Augsburg, and says, "service to others was always portrayed as the reason
Augsburg College existed."
Fairbanks spent more than 30 years working on Indian reservations for the U.S. Public Health Service,
and continued his dedication to a life in public health by promoting the hospice movement and
campaigning to lower the D.U.I. limits in Arizona.
However, Fairbanks is best known for his work to ban smoking in hospitals. He remembers that in the
1950s, "workplaces and hospitals were like smoke-filled dungeons. No one else seemed willing to stand
up for those most affected because of a risk of offending someone." Fairbanks added, "I started the
movement because someone needed to do it."
It has been this fight against the tobacco and liquor industries that Fairbanks has found to be the most
challenging—yet most rewarding—part of his career. For his work, Fairbanks has earned several
awards and honors, including an appointment in the early 1980s by then-Surgeon General C. Everett
Koop to expand the ban on smoking to include all public facilities.
Although retired in 2000 from Cigna HealthCare where he worked as a family physician, Fairbanks has
continued his involvement in public health service. He currently serves as president of Arizonans
Concerned About Smoking, and also serves as ex-officio member of the Executive Committee for
International Network Towards Smoke-Free Hospitals, a London-based organization that works to
promote smoke-free hospitals around the world.
Reflecting upon his career, Fairbanks embraces Martin Luther's quote, "a man's work is his mission,"
and concludes, "my work has been my mission and continues to be."
Augsburg College existed."
Fairbanks spent more than 30 years working on Indian reservations for the U.S. Public Health Service,
and continued his dedication to a life in public health by promoting the hospice movement and
campaigning to lower the D.U.I. limits in Arizona.
However, Fairbanks is best known for his work to ban smoking in hospitals. He remembers that in the
1950s, "workplaces and hospitals were like smoke-filled dungeons. No one else seemed willing to stand
up for those most affected because of a risk of offending someone." Fairbanks added, "I started the
movement because someone needed to do it."
It has been this fight against the tobacco and liquor industries that Fairbanks has found to be the most
challenging—yet most rewarding—part of his career. For his work, Fairbanks has earned several
awards and honors, including an appointment in the early 1980s by then-Surgeon General C. Everett
Koop to expand the ban on smoking to include all public facilities.
Although retired in 2000 from Cigna HealthCare where he worked as a family physician, Fairbanks has
continued his involvement in public health service. He currently serves as president of Arizonans
Concerned About Smoking, and also serves as ex-officio member of the Executive Committee for
International Network Towards Smoke-Free Hospitals, a London-based organization that works to
promote smoke-free hospitals around the world.
Reflecting upon his career, Fairbanks embraces Martin Luther's quote, "a man's work is his mission,"
and concludes, "my work has been my mission and continues to be."
Fighting tobacco nothing new for Liberia RPCV
Fighting tobacco nothing new for retired doctor*
| *By Edythe Jensen The Arizona Republic May 26, 2002 |
Where there's smoke, there's Leland Fairbanks.
The retired Tempe physician has spent more than half his life fighting public puffing
and was the first to push for smoke-free hospitals more than 20 years ago.
Last week Fairbanks put another notch in his belt when Tempe voters approved the
state's strictest smoking ban, with 52 percent of the vote. After the City Council failed to
The retired Tempe physician has spent more than half his life fighting public puffing
and was the first to push for smoke-free hospitals more than 20 years ago.
Last week Fairbanks put another notch in his belt when Tempe voters approved the
state's strictest smoking ban, with 52 percent of the vote. After the City Council failed to
pass the measure, Fairbanks' Arizonans Concerned about Smoking gathered more than 12,500 signatures to force the public vote.
Born and educated in Minnesota, Fairbanks, 71, retired from private practice last year. But he has been putting in hundreds of
volunteer hours on anti-smoking campaigns since he moved his family to the Valley in 1970.
Fairbanks, grabbing attention with almost non-stop talking about the health effects of secondhand smoke, is usually surrounded by a
cadre of followers wearing yellow campaign T-shirts.
He says he's polite about it and has never felt threatened by opponents.
One of them is Fred Phillis, 61, of Gilbert. The lifelong smoker calls Fairbanks "the leader of a group of tobacco terrorists." But he
blames smokers and business owners for the doctor's success in Tempe.
"They let Leland Fairbanks and his band of exploitation artists set the agenda," Phillis said. "You can't win a campaign by playing
defense."
A onetime public health physician and Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, Fairbanks started his crusade in the 1950s when he was as
a hospital intern in New Orleans.
"Merchant seaman with lung disease were struggling to breathe, but they still wanted their cigarettes," he said. "Nurses would have to
remove the oxygen and hold the cigarettes so they wouldn't drop and set the beds on fire. And the nurses would have to breathe
that smoke. I decided then that I was going to be an advocate for those nurses."
He pushed for a ban on smoking in hospitals and complained when Phoenix volunteers were giving out cigarettes to hospitalized
veterans in the 1970s . But Fairbanks didn't make headway until 1983, when the Hopi Hospital in Keams Canyon became the first in
the nation to become smoke-free.
"We decided the best tactic is to get one hospital to do it, then others will follow," he said. "It worked, and it's the same tactic we're
using in cities."
As an opponent of smoking, Fairbanks has won over politicians from Tucson to Flagstaff. In addition to Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert,
Guadalupe, Surprise, Tucson, Flagstaff, and Pima County have smoking restrictions. Maricopa County is considering limits.
Fairbanks played a part in all those efforts, circulating petitions, organizing local residents and speaking to government leaders.
"Lee is one of those rare people who has a passion for his values," says Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano, who has known Fairbanks for
eight years but says he has heard him talk about something other than smoking only once. It was last fall, when Giuliano faced a
recall election and Fairbanks told the mayor he supported him.
During the Keams Canyon hospital smoking debate, "they predicted doctors and nurses would resign, but they didn't," Fairbanks
said. When federal health officials wanted to add a smoking room to that hospital, he called their bluff. "I told them if they were going
to force us to put in a smoking room, it would be have to be in the morgue," he said. "They dropped the issue."
Fairbanks' activity drew national note. From 1985 to 1988 he was a member of the Surgeon General's National Advisory Committee
on Smoking and Health.
He carries his cause home. A "no smoking" sign hangs on Fairbanks' front door because he said it's not nice to tell a smoker to
extinguish a lit cigarette: "That's like telling someone to stop eating once they've started on a nice meal."
Hung above the anti-smoking stickers, campaign signs and T-shirts in Fairbanks' tiny Mesa anti-smoking campaign office is a
yellowing poster signed by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. "A Smoke-Free Society by 2000," it reads.
Is it a sign of his movement's failure?
"No," Fairbanks said. "I'm old, and I've been working on this a long time. But I'm still working on it."
Born and educated in Minnesota, Fairbanks, 71, retired from private practice last year. But he has been putting in hundreds of
volunteer hours on anti-smoking campaigns since he moved his family to the Valley in 1970.
Fairbanks, grabbing attention with almost non-stop talking about the health effects of secondhand smoke, is usually surrounded by a
cadre of followers wearing yellow campaign T-shirts.
He says he's polite about it and has never felt threatened by opponents.
One of them is Fred Phillis, 61, of Gilbert. The lifelong smoker calls Fairbanks "the leader of a group of tobacco terrorists." But he
blames smokers and business owners for the doctor's success in Tempe.
"They let Leland Fairbanks and his band of exploitation artists set the agenda," Phillis said. "You can't win a campaign by playing
defense."
A onetime public health physician and Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, Fairbanks started his crusade in the 1950s when he was as
a hospital intern in New Orleans.
"Merchant seaman with lung disease were struggling to breathe, but they still wanted their cigarettes," he said. "Nurses would have to
remove the oxygen and hold the cigarettes so they wouldn't drop and set the beds on fire. And the nurses would have to breathe
that smoke. I decided then that I was going to be an advocate for those nurses."
He pushed for a ban on smoking in hospitals and complained when Phoenix volunteers were giving out cigarettes to hospitalized
veterans in the 1970s . But Fairbanks didn't make headway until 1983, when the Hopi Hospital in Keams Canyon became the first in
the nation to become smoke-free.
"We decided the best tactic is to get one hospital to do it, then others will follow," he said. "It worked, and it's the same tactic we're
using in cities."
As an opponent of smoking, Fairbanks has won over politicians from Tucson to Flagstaff. In addition to Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert,
Guadalupe, Surprise, Tucson, Flagstaff, and Pima County have smoking restrictions. Maricopa County is considering limits.
Fairbanks played a part in all those efforts, circulating petitions, organizing local residents and speaking to government leaders.
"Lee is one of those rare people who has a passion for his values," says Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano, who has known Fairbanks for
eight years but says he has heard him talk about something other than smoking only once. It was last fall, when Giuliano faced a
recall election and Fairbanks told the mayor he supported him.
During the Keams Canyon hospital smoking debate, "they predicted doctors and nurses would resign, but they didn't," Fairbanks
said. When federal health officials wanted to add a smoking room to that hospital, he called their bluff. "I told them if they were going
to force us to put in a smoking room, it would be have to be in the morgue," he said. "They dropped the issue."
Fairbanks' activity drew national note. From 1985 to 1988 he was a member of the Surgeon General's National Advisory Committee
on Smoking and Health.
He carries his cause home. A "no smoking" sign hangs on Fairbanks' front door because he said it's not nice to tell a smoker to
extinguish a lit cigarette: "That's like telling someone to stop eating once they've started on a nice meal."
Hung above the anti-smoking stickers, campaign signs and T-shirts in Fairbanks' tiny Mesa anti-smoking campaign office is a
yellowing poster signed by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. "A Smoke-Free Society by 2000," it reads.
Is it a sign of his movement's failure?
"No," Fairbanks said. "I'm old, and I've been working on this a long time. But I'm still working on it."
Thanks to peacecorpsonline.org
By Edythe Jensen The Arizona Republic May 26, 2002
By Edythe Jensen The Arizona Republic May 26, 2002
Leland Fairbanks grew up in a poverty-stricken home in
Harmony, Minn., during the depression-era years and has since
applied this experience to his life's work. Helping others has
become his passion, his trademark, and his calling—and
through this he has learned that "life is more than just earning a
living."
A 1953 graduate of Augsburg with bachelor's degrees in
sociology and chemistry, Fairbanks went on to receive his
medical training from the University of Minnesota Medical
School and his master's degree in public health from the
University of Oklahoma.
Harmony, Minn., during the depression-era years and has since
applied this experience to his life's work. Helping others has
become his passion, his trademark, and his calling—and
through this he has learned that "life is more than just earning a
living."
A 1953 graduate of Augsburg with bachelor's degrees in
sociology and chemistry, Fairbanks went on to receive his
medical training from the University of Minnesota Medical
School and his master's degree in public health from the
University of Oklahoma.
Leland Fairbanks' decision to enter
the field of medicine forever changed
his life, leading him to discover a
career in public health. (Photo © The
Business Journal of Phoenix)
the field of medicine forever changed
his life, leading him to discover a
career in public health. (Photo © The
Business Journal of Phoenix)
Although he yearned to be a missionary, Fairbanks' decision to
enter the field of medicine forever changed his life, leading him
to discover that service to others could be his mission.
enter the field of medicine forever changed his life, leading him
to discover that service to others could be his mission.
Leland Fairbanks ’53: 'A man's work is his mission'
| Spring 2003 |
Thanks to Augsburg College News Spring 2003
| Dr Fairbanks Honors Some of the many Tucson Arizona Volunteers |
Relive the History!
Read ACAS Bulletin Fall 1991
"25 Years of ACAS Work"
Read and/or print .pdf file
Read ACAS Bulletin Fall 1991
"25 Years of ACAS Work"
Read and/or print .pdf file
| Enjoy A Grouping of Historical Documents Memorializing ACAS Founder Betty Carnes |
Brief History of Tobacco Control in Tucson & Pima County, Arizona
1972 - Tucson: First city ordinance in Arizona to restrict smoking in public places (e.g. public theaters,
motion picture houses, Tucson Community Center arena, music hall or little theater). 1976 – Citizen’s Concerned
About Smoking & Health founded in Tucson. Name later changed to Smoking & Health Action Coalition (SHAC).
And, in 1980, SHAC name changed to Nonsmoker, Inc.
1976 – Tucson: Ordinance to prohibit smoking in public areas of food, drug and department stores (promoted by
Citizens Concerned About Smoking & Health and Tucson GASP).
1985 – Tucson: First city workplace smoking control ordinance in Arizona. First successful workplace
ballot initiative against the tobacco industry in the United States. The tobacco industry directly paid for
92.3% of the opposition campaign.(Campaign coordinated by Nonsmokers Inc.).
1986 – Worked with groups and individuals throughout the state of Arizona to successfully oppose the first
attempt by the Arizona legislature to preempt local control of clean indoor air laws.
1987 – Pima County: First county workplace smoking control ordinance in Arizona. (Campaign
spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1987 thru 1989 - Worked with organizations and individuals across the nation to enact a federal smoking ban
on all flights of 2 hours or less, and eventually, of 6 hours of less.
1988 – Tucson: Major expansion of ordinance provisions for smoke-free public places. (Campaign spearheaded
by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1989 – Pima County: Major expansion of ordinance provisions for smoke-free public places (Campaign
spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1990 thru 1993 – Smoke-free/tobacco-free school district policies – and smoke-free hospital for southern
Arizona. (Campaigns spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1993 – Tucson: Ordinance to eliminate tobacco sales in vending machines, except in bars with class 6 liquor
license. (Campaign spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1994 – Worked with organizations and individuals across Arizona to pass a statewide ballot initiative to raise the
state tobacco tax to fund tobacco education and prevention programs.
1996 thru 2000 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Full Court Press grant project to reduce youth tobacco
use in Tucson.
1997 – Tucson: Arizona’s first local law to license tobacco retailers and eliminate self-service tobacco
displays. [Major policy support provided by Full Court Press: American Cancer Society (Arizona Division),
American Lung Association (Arizona Division), Nonsmokers, Inc., Pima Prevention Partnership, Tucson Police
Department and University of Arizona.]
1999 – Tucson: Smoke-free restaurant ordinance (Campaign spearheaded by the Clearing the Air Coalition).
2001 – Pima County: Smoke-free restaurant ordinance (Campaign spearheaded by the Clearing the Air
Coalition).
2006 – Worked with organizations and individuals across the state of Arizona to pass Smoke-Free
Arizona ballot initiative.
motion picture houses, Tucson Community Center arena, music hall or little theater). 1976 – Citizen’s Concerned
About Smoking & Health founded in Tucson. Name later changed to Smoking & Health Action Coalition (SHAC).
And, in 1980, SHAC name changed to Nonsmoker, Inc.
1976 – Tucson: Ordinance to prohibit smoking in public areas of food, drug and department stores (promoted by
Citizens Concerned About Smoking & Health and Tucson GASP).
1985 – Tucson: First city workplace smoking control ordinance in Arizona. First successful workplace
ballot initiative against the tobacco industry in the United States. The tobacco industry directly paid for
92.3% of the opposition campaign.(Campaign coordinated by Nonsmokers Inc.).
1986 – Worked with groups and individuals throughout the state of Arizona to successfully oppose the first
attempt by the Arizona legislature to preempt local control of clean indoor air laws.
1987 – Pima County: First county workplace smoking control ordinance in Arizona. (Campaign
spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1987 thru 1989 - Worked with organizations and individuals across the nation to enact a federal smoking ban
on all flights of 2 hours or less, and eventually, of 6 hours of less.
1988 – Tucson: Major expansion of ordinance provisions for smoke-free public places. (Campaign spearheaded
by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1989 – Pima County: Major expansion of ordinance provisions for smoke-free public places (Campaign
spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1990 thru 1993 – Smoke-free/tobacco-free school district policies – and smoke-free hospital for southern
Arizona. (Campaigns spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1993 – Tucson: Ordinance to eliminate tobacco sales in vending machines, except in bars with class 6 liquor
license. (Campaign spearheaded by Nonsmokers, Inc.)
1994 – Worked with organizations and individuals across Arizona to pass a statewide ballot initiative to raise the
state tobacco tax to fund tobacco education and prevention programs.
1996 thru 2000 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Full Court Press grant project to reduce youth tobacco
use in Tucson.
1997 – Tucson: Arizona’s first local law to license tobacco retailers and eliminate self-service tobacco
displays. [Major policy support provided by Full Court Press: American Cancer Society (Arizona Division),
American Lung Association (Arizona Division), Nonsmokers, Inc., Pima Prevention Partnership, Tucson Police
Department and University of Arizona.]
1999 – Tucson: Smoke-free restaurant ordinance (Campaign spearheaded by the Clearing the Air Coalition).
2001 – Pima County: Smoke-free restaurant ordinance (Campaign spearheaded by the Clearing the Air
Coalition).
2006 – Worked with organizations and individuals across the state of Arizona to pass Smoke-Free
Arizona ballot initiative.
| This brief history has been compiled by Arizona Tobacco Policy & Advocacy, a project of Healthy Policies. Karen Zielaski, Project Director Healthy Policies Office: 480.970.9906 Email: healthypolicies@earthlink.net |
Guadalupe in 2002
"On May 9, 2002, Guadalupe became the first locality in Arizona to pass a comprehensive smokefree ordinance that included
bars. The vote by the all-female Guadalupe Town Council was unanimous and without opposition. Guadalupe is a small (5,228
in 2000) town, predominantly Yaqui native (80%) and Hispanic. The town is also home to a population of Promotoras, community
health workers providing tobacco prevention, education, and cessation, so Guadalupe already was familiar with tobacco control.
bars. The vote by the all-female Guadalupe Town Council was unanimous and without opposition. Guadalupe is a small (5,228
in 2000) town, predominantly Yaqui native (80%) and Hispanic. The town is also home to a population of Promotoras, community
health workers providing tobacco prevention, education, and cessation, so Guadalupe already was familiar with tobacco control.
ACAS and Dr. Lee Fairbanks were instrumental
in encouraging Guadalupe 's Town Council to
consider the clean indoor air issue. After
Fairbanks drafted the language for the Tempe
smokefree ordinance in early 2002, he framed
the issue of passing a 100% smokefree
ordinances as an historic opportunity in
which the city that passed the first 100%
smokefree ordinance would be the model for
other cities.
In an interview in the South Tempe Voice in
March before Guadalupe and Tempe went 100%
smokefree, Fairbanks speculated, “Guadalupe
may beat Tempe by being the first in Arizona to
adopt a proposition banning smoking
in all workplaces. If they do, it proves Guadalupe
is bigger than its geographical boundaries.”
Although at the time Fairbanks and ACAS were
pouring the majority of their time and resources
into passing the May Smoke-Free Tempe
initiative, the adjoining town of Guadalupe quicky
passed its ordinance, earning the honor of being
the first locality in Arizona to pass a 100% clean
indoor air ordinance.
This success built additional support for Tempe’s
clean indoor air ballot initiative which would go to
a vote less than two weeks later, since
Guadalupe proved to Tempeans the feasibility of
achieving a 100% smokefree ordinance."
in encouraging Guadalupe 's Town Council to
consider the clean indoor air issue. After
Fairbanks drafted the language for the Tempe
smokefree ordinance in early 2002, he framed
the issue of passing a 100% smokefree
ordinances as an historic opportunity in
which the city that passed the first 100%
smokefree ordinance would be the model for
other cities.
In an interview in the South Tempe Voice in
March before Guadalupe and Tempe went 100%
smokefree, Fairbanks speculated, “Guadalupe
may beat Tempe by being the first in Arizona to
adopt a proposition banning smoking
in all workplaces. If they do, it proves Guadalupe
is bigger than its geographical boundaries.”
Although at the time Fairbanks and ACAS were
pouring the majority of their time and resources
into passing the May Smoke-Free Tempe
initiative, the adjoining town of Guadalupe quicky
passed its ordinance, earning the honor of being
the first locality in Arizona to pass a 100% clean
indoor air ordinance.
This success built additional support for Tempe’s
clean indoor air ballot initiative which would go to
a vote less than two weeks later, since
Guadalupe proved to Tempeans the feasibility of
achieving a 100% smokefree ordinance."
"...Guadalupe quicky passed its ordinance,
earning the honor of being the first locality in
Arizona to pass a 100% clean indoor air ordinance."
earning the honor of being the first locality in
Arizona to pass a 100% clean indoor air ordinance."
Excerpted (with great appreciation) in its entirety from:
Tobacco Control in Transition: Public Support and Governmental Disarray in Arizona 1997-2007
Yogi H. Hendlin M.Sc., University of California, San Francisco
Richard L. Barnes JD, University of California, San Francisco
Stanton A. Glantz Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Tobacco Control in Transition: Public Support and Governmental Disarray in Arizona 1997-2007
Yogi H. Hendlin M.Sc., University of California, San Francisco
Richard L. Barnes JD, University of California, San Francisco
Stanton A. Glantz Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
"In 1985, Tucson had been the first city in Arizona to make workplaces smokefree, although it
exempted restaurants and bars. Nonsmokers, Inc., the Tucson group headed by Arizona tobacco control
advocate Karen Zielaski (who continued to run an Arizona tobacco control listserv) that helped win Tucson’s
(progressive for 1985) ordinance, and a long-term tobacco control advocacy force in Tucson, dissolved in December
1997.15 A new group, Tucson Clearing the Air, formed a year later, including many former members of Nonsmokers
Inc., to work in the new tobacco control environment in Arizona. Clearing the Air came together primarily through
physicians from Tucson including Keith Kaback and Joel Meister, who served leadership roles. Tucson Clearing the Air
guided a smokefree workplaces and restaurants ordinance through the Tucson City Council in 1999 and the Pima
County (which includes Tucson) Board of Supervisors in 2001.
In 1999 Tucson Clearing the Air lead the movement to get the Tucson City Council to pass 4-3 a
smokefree ordinance that made all restaurants smokefree. The ordinance, passed in April, went into effect October 1,
1999. By working with the City Council, the group avoided the expense of a ballot campaign. Tucson Clearing the Air
did not encounter opposition, though after the council passed the ordinance the Arizona Restaurant and Hospitality
Association (unsuccessfully) sought exemptions to extend the hardship clause by a year, instead of the three months
given to businesses. Tucson’s ordinance gave restaurants until January 2000 to file for hardship exemptions if they
could show with tax receipts that they had sustained a two consecutive months of 15% or greater loss of business
compared to the previous year. Few exemptions were granted. The six-month delay sought to give Pima County
(where Tucson is located) the opportunity to pass a similar smokefree law bringing the clean indoor air ordinance
region-wide. Pima County, however, would not pass an ordinance until 2001."
exempted restaurants and bars. Nonsmokers, Inc., the Tucson group headed by Arizona tobacco control
advocate Karen Zielaski (who continued to run an Arizona tobacco control listserv) that helped win Tucson’s
(progressive for 1985) ordinance, and a long-term tobacco control advocacy force in Tucson, dissolved in December
1997.15 A new group, Tucson Clearing the Air, formed a year later, including many former members of Nonsmokers
Inc., to work in the new tobacco control environment in Arizona. Clearing the Air came together primarily through
physicians from Tucson including Keith Kaback and Joel Meister, who served leadership roles. Tucson Clearing the Air
guided a smokefree workplaces and restaurants ordinance through the Tucson City Council in 1999 and the Pima
County (which includes Tucson) Board of Supervisors in 2001.
In 1999 Tucson Clearing the Air lead the movement to get the Tucson City Council to pass 4-3 a
smokefree ordinance that made all restaurants smokefree. The ordinance, passed in April, went into effect October 1,
1999. By working with the City Council, the group avoided the expense of a ballot campaign. Tucson Clearing the Air
did not encounter opposition, though after the council passed the ordinance the Arizona Restaurant and Hospitality
Association (unsuccessfully) sought exemptions to extend the hardship clause by a year, instead of the three months
given to businesses. Tucson’s ordinance gave restaurants until January 2000 to file for hardship exemptions if they
could show with tax receipts that they had sustained a two consecutive months of 15% or greater loss of business
compared to the previous year. Few exemptions were granted. The six-month delay sought to give Pima County
(where Tucson is located) the opportunity to pass a similar smokefree law bringing the clean indoor air ordinance
region-wide. Pima County, however, would not pass an ordinance until 2001."
More about Tucson
Excerpted (with great appreciation) in its entirety from:
Tobacco Control in Transition: Public Support and Governmental Disarray in Arizona 1997-2007
Yogi H. Hendlin M.Sc., University of California, San Francisco
Richard L. Barnes JD, University of California, San Francisco
Stanton A. Glantz Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Tobacco Control in Transition: Public Support and Governmental Disarray in Arizona 1997-2007
Yogi H. Hendlin M.Sc., University of California, San Francisco
Richard L. Barnes JD, University of California, San Francisco
Stanton A. Glantz Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
| Dr. Leland Fairbank's original editorial, "The Benefits of Smoke-Free Health Care Campuses" |
Our Recent Achievements:
This time period has seen a major positive change in regards to the public's position and perception of what should be the
healthy social norm in public place/workplace smoking in Arizona. It allowed ACAS to actively participate in the fulfillment of
the life long dream of Betty Carnes, the founder and major financial benefactor for ACAS.
The dream came to fruition as a result of the Arizona voter approved passage of the: “Smoke-Free Arizona” initiative,
Proposition 201 *, on November 7, 2006. Her efforts continue (including her support for ACAS) through the Arizona
Community Foundation (ACF), instituted following her death in 1987.
healthy social norm in public place/workplace smoking in Arizona. It allowed ACAS to actively participate in the fulfillment of
the life long dream of Betty Carnes, the founder and major financial benefactor for ACAS.
The dream came to fruition as a result of the Arizona voter approved passage of the: “Smoke-Free Arizona” initiative,
Proposition 201 *, on November 7, 2006. Her efforts continue (including her support for ACAS) through the Arizona
Community Foundation (ACF), instituted following her death in 1987.
* In November of 2006 the citizens of Arizona made their voices heard by passing Proposition 201, The Smoke-Free Arizona
Act. This landmark statute prohibits smoking in most indoor public places including (but not limited to):
Restaurants, bars, gaming facilities such as bingo halls, billiard or pool halls, bowling centers, public buildings, grocery
stores or any food service establishment
Lobbies, elevators, restrooms, reception areas, hallways and any other common-use areas in public and private buildings,
condominiums and other multiple-unit residential facilities
Indoor sports arenas, gymnasiums and auditoriums
Health care facilities, hospitals, health care clinics, doctor’s offices and child day care facilities
Common areas in hotels and motels, and no less than 50% of hotel or motel sleeping quarters rented to guests
Any place of employment not exempted. (See exemptions)
Click here for business exemptions
Tribes are Sovereign Nations, and are exempt from the Smoke-Free Arizona Act.
Act. This landmark statute prohibits smoking in most indoor public places including (but not limited to):
Restaurants, bars, gaming facilities such as bingo halls, billiard or pool halls, bowling centers, public buildings, grocery
stores or any food service establishment
Lobbies, elevators, restrooms, reception areas, hallways and any other common-use areas in public and private buildings,
condominiums and other multiple-unit residential facilities
Indoor sports arenas, gymnasiums and auditoriums
Health care facilities, hospitals, health care clinics, doctor’s offices and child day care facilities
Common areas in hotels and motels, and no less than 50% of hotel or motel sleeping quarters rented to guests
Any place of employment not exempted. (See exemptions)
Click here for business exemptions
Tribes are Sovereign Nations, and are exempt from the Smoke-Free Arizona Act.
"Every year thousands receive devastating news. They or someone they love has lung cancer or heart disease. While cancer first
comes to mind with smoking and “secondhand” smoke, many more heart attack deaths are associated with such exposure. “The
Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking” (U.S. Surgeon General’s 1986 Report) focused on cancer. More recent research finds
such “exposure causes other major disease, particularly heart disease.” (Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco
Smoke, National Institutes of Health & California Environmental Protection Agency, 1999)
As little as “30 minutes of exposure to secondhand smoke will double your risk of heart attack for 48 hours.” (Science of Secondhand
Smoke, Richard Sargent, MD) and “Of smoke from one cigarette smoked in a room, 84% of the smoke (827 mg.) is sidestream
smoke from the lit end of the cigarette, while only 16% (119 mg) is mainstream smoke exhaled by the smoker. Over 4/5 of the smoke
ends up in the room for all to breathe! (Chemistry of Cigarette Smoke, Philip Morris Research Center, Document #2024947175,
Minnesota Tobacco Trial)
Arizonans deserve smoke-free environments. All workers deserve a smoke-free workplace. Just as we must provide safe food and
water for all, we must educate all about negative health effects of “secondhand” smoke, containing over 50 toxic chemicals first
identified by Philip Morris Research, as well as federal agencies. It’s time for Arizonans to act by passing the Smoke-Free Arizona
initiative. Currently, 14 states, 5 countries and numerous Arizona
communities enjoy health benefits of such laws. Protect your health and those you love. Support the American Cancer Society,
American Lung Association, American Heart Association and Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association’s true health initiative, not
just another tobacco industry ploy!"
Leland L. Fairbanks, M.D., President, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking, Mesa
Donald N. Morris, Ed.D., Executive Director, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking,
Scottsdale Paid for by “Arizonans Concerned About Smoking”
comes to mind with smoking and “secondhand” smoke, many more heart attack deaths are associated with such exposure. “The
Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking” (U.S. Surgeon General’s 1986 Report) focused on cancer. More recent research finds
such “exposure causes other major disease, particularly heart disease.” (Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco
Smoke, National Institutes of Health & California Environmental Protection Agency, 1999)
As little as “30 minutes of exposure to secondhand smoke will double your risk of heart attack for 48 hours.” (Science of Secondhand
Smoke, Richard Sargent, MD) and “Of smoke from one cigarette smoked in a room, 84% of the smoke (827 mg.) is sidestream
smoke from the lit end of the cigarette, while only 16% (119 mg) is mainstream smoke exhaled by the smoker. Over 4/5 of the smoke
ends up in the room for all to breathe! (Chemistry of Cigarette Smoke, Philip Morris Research Center, Document #2024947175,
Minnesota Tobacco Trial)
Arizonans deserve smoke-free environments. All workers deserve a smoke-free workplace. Just as we must provide safe food and
water for all, we must educate all about negative health effects of “secondhand” smoke, containing over 50 toxic chemicals first
identified by Philip Morris Research, as well as federal agencies. It’s time for Arizonans to act by passing the Smoke-Free Arizona
initiative. Currently, 14 states, 5 countries and numerous Arizona
communities enjoy health benefits of such laws. Protect your health and those you love. Support the American Cancer Society,
American Lung Association, American Heart Association and Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association’s true health initiative, not
just another tobacco industry ploy!"
Leland L. Fairbanks, M.D., President, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking, Mesa
Donald N. Morris, Ed.D., Executive Director, Arizonans Concerned About Smoking,
Scottsdale Paid for by “Arizonans Concerned About Smoking”
| From "Publicity Pamphlet" Issued by Janice K. Brewer Arizona Secretary of State Ballot Proposition & Judicial Performance Review General Election NOVEMBER 7, 2006. Proposition 201, page 96 |
| Arizonans Concerned About Smoking mounts an unstoppable, winning campaign to successfully promote passage of Proposition 201 "Smoke-Free Arizona" See a partial list of Smoke-Free Arizona Endorsers here. |
| Defacing Proposition 200 campaign signs and posting anti-Proposition 200 signs failed to defeat the popular measure. |
Tempe, Arizona - Tuesday, May 21, 2002 [source: tobacco.org]
City Ordinance Examples:
Voters in Mesa, Arizona in 1996 passed the “Mesa for Clean Air Initiative” (PDF):
Smoking Regulations and Healthier Smoke-free Environments
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.
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
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."*
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.
that is more strict than Prop 201, the local ordinance is
applied for citizens of that community.
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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.
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.
The ACAS Mission:
The work of ACAS, to achieve health promoting smoke-free workplaces for all employed workers, actually began informally
in 1957 with President Leland L. Fairbanks as a U.S. Public Health physician and tobacco control advocate.
Our founder, Betty Carnes, began her smoke-free advocacy work starting in 1964, following the First U.S. Surgeon
General’s Report by Dr Luther Terry. Her early work some 30 years ago is documented in the Pulitzer prize-winning book,
Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War by Richard Kluger, (1996). "The crusade led by a Scottsdale
woman, Betty Carnes [who] laid siege to the Arizona legislature for its 1972 & 1973 terms [resulted in] the first "serious anti-
smoking rules". (op. cit. p. 374)
Since then ACAS, incorporated in 1977, has continued to lead many local and statewide tobacco control efforts, as an
effective citizen-based, non-profit, tax exempt corporation whose purpose is "To Save Lives" and "to achieve tobacco
free environments".
in 1957 with President Leland L. Fairbanks as a U.S. Public Health physician and tobacco control advocate.
Our founder, Betty Carnes, began her smoke-free advocacy work starting in 1964, following the First U.S. Surgeon
General’s Report by Dr Luther Terry. Her early work some 30 years ago is documented in the Pulitzer prize-winning book,
Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War by Richard Kluger, (1996). "The crusade led by a Scottsdale
woman, Betty Carnes [who] laid siege to the Arizona legislature for its 1972 & 1973 terms [resulted in] the first "serious anti-
smoking rules". (op. cit. p. 374)
Since then ACAS, incorporated in 1977, has continued to lead many local and statewide tobacco control efforts, as an
effective citizen-based, non-profit, tax exempt corporation whose purpose is "To Save Lives" and "to achieve tobacco
free environments".
Tempe Photograph of May 19, 2001 launching the Tempe, AZ Initiative: ACAS launched the 'Tempe for Healthy Smoke-Free
Workplaces' Initiative on May 19, 2001. ACAS gave Certificates of Commendation and Appreciation to early supportive
community leaders of the Smoke-Free Workplace movement in Tempe. (Note: Tempe Councilman, Dennis Cahill, our 2001
Tempe City Councilman Smoke-Free Workplace advocacy leader somehow was not in the above photo).
Individuals commended for past Smoke-Free leadership efforts in 2001 Tempe photo, left to right:
- Gary Richardson, Past President, Tempe Chamber of Commerce and former AZ State Senator from Tempe,
- Dr William J. LoPiano, (DC) Tempe Mayor, 1974-1978, (His wife was a close friend of ACAS Founder Betty Carnes),
- Mr Don Casano, long time Member, Tempe City Council, and active civic leader along with wife, Bobbi,
- Mr Frank Plencner, long time past Member Tempe City Council, who had been the sponsor of the first Tempe Ordinance in
1986, (signed by Mayor Harry Mitchell) which began the early control of smoking in restaurants & most public places in Tempe,
(Frank Plencner, a retired U.S. Career Military Officer was exposed to considerable secondhand smoke in his military career),
died of Cancer involving the brain, very shortly before the Tempe Smoke-Free Initiative election date in May 2002. His last
barely audible, whispered words to Dr. Fairbanks within several hours of his death were for promoting the Smoke-Free
Initiative: "Go for it....!"
The visiting Hospice Nurse mentioned to Dr. Fairbanks as he left the Plencner home the last time: "We will hang onto the hands
of our cancer patients as long as we need to, but if you pass the smoke-free workplace ordinance, we won't have as many
hands needing us to hang onto."
- Harry E. Mitchell, Tempe Mayor, 1978-1994, and later AZ State Senator,
- Dr. Leland L. Fairbanks, (MD), President, ACAS
Workplaces' Initiative on May 19, 2001. ACAS gave Certificates of Commendation and Appreciation to early supportive
community leaders of the Smoke-Free Workplace movement in Tempe. (Note: Tempe Councilman, Dennis Cahill, our 2001
Tempe City Councilman Smoke-Free Workplace advocacy leader somehow was not in the above photo).
Individuals commended for past Smoke-Free leadership efforts in 2001 Tempe photo, left to right:
- Gary Richardson, Past President, Tempe Chamber of Commerce and former AZ State Senator from Tempe,
- Dr William J. LoPiano, (DC) Tempe Mayor, 1974-1978, (His wife was a close friend of ACAS Founder Betty Carnes),
- Mr Don Casano, long time Member, Tempe City Council, and active civic leader along with wife, Bobbi,
- Mr Frank Plencner, long time past Member Tempe City Council, who had been the sponsor of the first Tempe Ordinance in
1986, (signed by Mayor Harry Mitchell) which began the early control of smoking in restaurants & most public places in Tempe,
(Frank Plencner, a retired U.S. Career Military Officer was exposed to considerable secondhand smoke in his military career),
died of Cancer involving the brain, very shortly before the Tempe Smoke-Free Initiative election date in May 2002. His last
barely audible, whispered words to Dr. Fairbanks within several hours of his death were for promoting the Smoke-Free
Initiative: "Go for it....!"
The visiting Hospice Nurse mentioned to Dr. Fairbanks as he left the Plencner home the last time: "We will hang onto the hands
of our cancer patients as long as we need to, but if you pass the smoke-free workplace ordinance, we won't have as many
hands needing us to hang onto."
- Harry E. Mitchell, Tempe Mayor, 1978-1994, and later AZ State Senator,
- Dr. Leland L. Fairbanks, (MD), President, ACAS
Guadalupe in 2002
Tempe in 2001