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2007.05.25: May 25, 2007: Headlines: Figures: COS - Tunisia: Politics: State Government: Public Health: LaCrosse Tribune: Doyle pushes statewide smoking ban
Doyle pushes statewide smoking ban
Wisconsin soon will be something of an island when it comes to smoking law, and Gov. Jim Doyle doesn’t want the state left behind. With bans in place or imminent in Minnesota and Illinois, “It’s time for us to step over the line and do the right thing,” Doyle said Thursday during a visit to La Crosse. “I ask that the Legislature take swift action on smoke-free legislation for the citizens of Wisconsin.” Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and his wife served as Peace Corps Volunteers in Tunisia in the 1960's.
Doyle pushes statewide smoking ban
Doyle pushes statewide smoking ban
By REID MAGNEY/La Crosse Tribune
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Wisconsin soon will be something of an island when it comes to smoking law, and Gov. Jim Doyle doesn’t want the state left behind.
With bans in place or imminent in Minnesota and Illinois, “It’s time for us to step over the line and do the right thing,” Doyle said Thursday during a visit to La Crosse. “I ask that the Legislature take swift action on smoke-free legislation for the citizens of Wisconsin.”
The Democratic governor spoke to a small group of smoke-free workplace advocates downtown at Cafe Lola, a smoke-free restaurant.
A bill to ban workplace smoking, including bars and restaurants, has been introduced in the Wisconsin Senate, with a hearing scheduled for next week.
If the bill passes the Democrat-controlled Senate, it goes to the Republican-controlled Assembly.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, recently signed a statewide smoking ban, which goes into effect Oct. 1, and Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, is expected to sign a similar bill that has passed the Illinois General Assembly.
Doyle said 20 other states and the District of Columbia already have laws requiring smoke-free workplaces.
“Is there anybody who doubts that five years from now, 10 years from now, 15 years from now, not only will Wisconsin be smoke-free, but this entire country will be smoke-free?” Doyle asked.
“The question before us in Wisconsin is not if it will happen. The question is, are we going to sit around and wait for it to happen and be one of the trailing states to come along at the end, or be a leader and make sure that we are doing the right thing?”
Doyle said further delays mean “more people who are exposed to smoke, more people who are working in an environment where they have to chose between their job and exposure to second-hand smoke.”
Bev Fleischman, who runs Cafe Lola with her husband Jim, said there was “never any question” her establishment would be smoke-free.
La Crosse County/City Tavern League President David Parisey said Thursday that tavern owners remain opposed to the proposal. “Nothing is more important to our business right now than to not have smoking banned in our establishments,” Parisey said. “They’re trying to legislate us out of business.”
Parisey said he thinks Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, “is fairly friendly to business,” but that he’s “drifting toward the ban.”
Huebsch could not be reached for comment on the smoking ban Thursday. Earlier this month, his spokesman Bob Delaporte said Huebsch has not taken a position on the bill.
State Rep. Lee Nerison, R-Westby, said he voted for the statewide smoking ban last year, which did not include taverns. He said he hasn’t made up his mind on the newer version.
Doyle said Assembly Republicans “have to figure out where they’re going to be on this, if this is going to be a big party-line thing,” Doyle said. “If you just let (the bill) go out on the (Assembly) floor and say this isn’t a party vote, just go vote how you see it, I think it passes very easily.”
Reid Magney can be reached at (608) 791-8211 or rmagney@lacrossetribune.com.
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