Site Map
About
Us: contains the following information about New Jersey
GASP
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Goals
and Methods: a brief statement of New Jersey GASP's
goals, philosophy, methods, etc.
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History:
how we got started and how we got to this point, with
legislative and legal milestones
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- Awards
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Staff:
a list of New Jersey GASP staff with a few words about
them
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The
New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act
Summaries, text, regulations
- enforcement
procedures (will be available here as soon as the NJ DHSS
issues them)
- enforcement
agencies
- municipal
ordinances with different provisions, enforcement procedures,
penalties (coming soon)
Implementing
the NJ SFAA in all sites
Implementing
the NJ SFAA in particular sites
FAQs
frequently
asked questions
Signs,
Materials
Using
local laws to enhance and augment the NJ SFAA
Empirical
background for the NJ SFAA
New
Jersey air monitoring study:
Local
Authority Resolution Project
- About
the project
- Resolution(s)
and supporting cover letter
- Tracking
of resolutions passed
- Challenges
to local authority in New Jersey, preemption information
- Local
legislation in New Jersey and the U.S., model ordinance
- Additional
information on tobacco control and tobacco-industry
opposition
Smokefree
Air Everywhere (a book-length manual of why and how);
numerous chapters are available in the "implementing
the NJ SFAA sections" on the yellow navigation bar
above.
Helping
people who smoke
tobacco
dependence treatment, general info and sources for help
(coming soon)
Other
New Jersey state laws on tobacco
Other
places for help
(coming
soon)
Smokefree
gambling - the facts
Conditions
in New Jersey Casinos
air
quality, other conditions
New
Jersey Air Monitoring Study, 2006 (after the New Jersey
Smoke-Free Air Act)
short
summary (two paragraphs)
executive
summary
news
release
charts
of primary results
full
report (21 pages)
New
Jersey Air Monitoring Study, 2005
short
summary (two paragraphs)
executive
summary
news
release
charts of primary
results
full
report (21 pages)
descriptions
of conditions appear in many of 1,500 letters to key
legislators; go to www.smokefree.net/nj
and click on "see letters already sent"
Borgata
casino's notice that employees will be exposed to secondhand
smoke
compliance
with the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act
media
reports on violations in smoking-prohibited areas
Press
of Atlantic City,
April 23, 2006, "Smoking ban news to many at
casinos"
Press
of Atlantic City,
July 17, 2006, "Many in Atlantic City blowing
off smoke ban"
New
Jersey Casinos Are Violating the New Jersey Smoke-Free
Air Act, New Jersey GASP
American
Gaming Association acknowledges 2006 Surgeon General's
report
short
summary
AGA
note to reader (in IAQ report)
Health
and safety
health
US
Surgeon General's 2006 report
short
summary, New Jersey GASP
fact
sheet, Surgeon General
sections
about casino workers, from the Surgeon General's report
secondhand
smoke increases miscarriage risk
health
impacts of SHS exposure among London casino workers
Nevada
study links casino smoke, DNA damage
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer article
report
from Toxicology Letters
health
improves in smokefree environments
short
summary
Helena,
Montana study
respiratory
health in bar workers before and after a smoking ban
in Dundee, Scotland
safety
hazards
of portable oxygen equipment in smoking-permitted areas
Economics
conclusions
and overviews of economic data by governments and governmental
authorities
U.S.
Surgeon General's Report, 2006
short
summary
sections
about economic impact on casinos, from the Surgeon
General's report
New
Jersey Office of Revenue and Economic Analysis, report
to the New Jersey Treasurer
Delaware
Governor Minner, letter about impact of state smokefree
air law on businesses, casinos
overview
of information, especially economic
Economic
facts of smokefree gambling (approximately 5 pages),
New Jersey GASP
Trends
in Smokefree Gaming, New Jersey GASP
text
version in PDF format (17 pages)
powerpoint
version in PDF format (85 pages)
empirical
studies
Smokefree
law did not affect revenue from gaming in Delaware
experiences
of smokefree gambling sites
short
summary
sections
on economics of smokefree gambling sites from "Trends
in Smokefree Gaming"
list
of smokefree casinos (from Americans for Nonsmokers
Rights)
predictions,
claims of negative economic impact, with fact-based responses
PricewaterhouseCoopers
report for Casino Association of New Jersey
The
reason for the PwC report; PwC's connection with the
tobacco industry
PricewaterhouseCoopers
report (26 pages)
response
to PwC report by Alamarand and Glantz, the
University of California at San Francisco School of
Medicine, Center for Tobacco Control Research and
Education.
claims
that the Delaware Clean Indoor Air Act reduced gaming
income
short
summary
analysis
of Dover Downs racino, Delaware, quarterly reports
AP
story on Dover Downs' economic success, October 2006
Legislation
Atlantic
City proposed municipal ordinance regulating smoking in
casinos
U.S.
states and local jurisdictions and foreign jurisdictions
with legislation
Litigation
lawsuits
seeking smokefree casinos, damages from injury from smoke
in casinos
Public
support
public
opinion
support
for smokefree New Jersey casinos by potential patrons,
survey by ICR (international market research organization)
survey
news brief
Survey
on New Jersey's Proposed Clean Idoor Air Act
1,500
e-letters to legislators supporting smokefree casinos
are on www.smokefree.net/nj;
click on "see letters already sent" to read
them
7,000
petition signatures for smokefree casinos are on
www.smokefreecasinos.com
resolutions
by municipal governments supporting smokefree casinos
short
summary
sample
resolution
municipalities
that have passed resolutions
population
data
overwhelming
majority of New Jerseyans are nonsmokers
overwhelming
majority of people in neighboring states are nonsmokers
(select state of interest in left hand navigation
bar)
Proliferation
of smokefree casinos
section
on voluntarily smokefree gaming sites from "Trends
in Smokefree Gaming"
list
of smokefree casinos (from Americans for NonSmokers Rights)
Other
places for help and activism
other
sources for information on smokefree gambling
TobaccoScam.org
provides empirical data debunking tobacco industry claims
and aims to sharply curtail Big Tobacco’s use and
abuse of the U.S. hospitality industry. The site is
created by the University of California at San Francisco
School of Medicine, Center for Tobacco Control Research
and Education.
Americans
for Nonsmokers' Rights always has excellent resources:
click
here to see their section on casinos and gambling
www.smokefreecasinos.com,
Atlantic County, created by activists and casino workeres
and patrons, has information and an on-line petition
to
communicate your opinion about smokefree casinos
to
write a letter to be faxed to key legislators, go to
www.smokefree.net/nj
to
sign a petition for smokefree casinos, go to www.smokefreecasinos.com
to
find your legislators, use your local library
or go to www.njleg.state.nj.us,
in the left hand column, under members, click on "find
your legislator".
possible
solutions
For
Activists: designed to help citizens who want to take an
active role in tobacco control
Dining/Restaurants:
for restaurant owners, employees, and patrons interested
in smokefree policies and laws
Legislation/Litigation:
a guide to smoking legislation and litigation in New Jersey,
with links to information for other states
Problem
Solver: suggestions for protecting you and yours from secondhand
smoke, plus help to control tobacco sales and marketing
Library:
our position papers, fact sheets, and publications, especially
about local policy and legislation
- About
New Jersey GASP
- After
Princeton, What can municipalities do about tobacco?
- Answers
to Opposing Arguments
- Authority
for Smokefree Public Places (arguments that there is no
preemption)
- Banning
tobacco use by minors protects the tobacco industry. Does
it protect the kids? May 2001
- Eagleton
Poll: Polls show New Jerseyans want smokefree workplaces,
restaurants, April 2000
- Key
provisions for a smokefree air ordinance
- Key
provisions of a local sales ordinance to reduce the availability
of tobacco to minors
- Local
Laws on Tobacco in New Jersey (pdf)
- Local
tobacco-control laws are essential public health protections
and an appropriate exercise of local governmental authority.
Opposition?-the tobacco industry, November 2000 (arguments
against preemption)
- Marketing
your smokefree restaurant
- Smart
Restaurateur (success stories)
- Smokefree
Dining is Best
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- NIH
Identifies ETS as a Carcinogen, May 2000
- Outline
of information supporting Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
controls
- State
Laws on Tobacco in New Jersey
- State
Laws on Tobacco in New Jersey at a Glance
- Will
the sky fall down if it's not held up by tobacco smoke?
May 2001 (outdoor smokefree policies and legislation)
- Summary
of Resolution Project (1 page, less than 500 words)
- Fact
Sheet about the Resolution Project (4 pages, 1,700 words)
- Sample
cover letter supporting passage of the resolution
- One-page
resolution supporting local authority (Resolution A)
- Complete
version of Resolution A, with full citations
- Abridged,
one-page Resolution A, as distributed by the New Jersey
League of Municipalities
- One-page
resolution supporting statewide, non-preemptive, smokefree
air legislation (Resolution B) ? complementary project
- Complete
version of Resolution B, with full citations
- Chart
of resolutions passed
- After
Princeton, what can municipalities do about tobacco??
- Authority
for smokefree public places? (legal arguments that there
is no preemption)
- Local
tobacco-control laws are essential ...? (arguments against
preemption, in library/legislation)
- Local
Laws on Tobacco in New Jersey (printed chart-digest)
- Key
provisions for a smokefree air ordinance (model ordinance)(in
library/legislation,needs update)
- Common
Cause studies: Influence
of
tobacco industry costs
states lives and money
Other
Places for Help: contacts for enforcement and other assistance,
links to other organizations and databases
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