We don't
have a blow-by-blow guide online on how to get dining legislation.
But there's lots of supporting information and help elsewhere
on this website and in our publications. For a "model
ordinance" for smokefree public places and workplaces,
including restaurants, click here.
Americans
for Nonsmokers' Rights also has good information about how
to get smokefree restaurants legislation on their website
(www.no-smoke.org)
and publishes a guide to passing ordinances, Clearing
the Air (check their website for their contact information).
Tobacco
Scam (www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu)
offers extensive information on Big Tobacco's use and abuse
of the restaurant and bar industry.
Our
staff, including an attorney available to talk to you at
no charge, has helped pass hundreds of local laws and a
number of state and federal laws since 1974. Call us and
we'll do our best to help you.
We officially
work 9 to 5, Eastern time (we often start earlier and end
later), and the answering machine's always on. We're at
908 273-9368.
