The following is a Counterpoint article:
By Richard J. Rosen, M.D.
State Sen. Katie Dorsett and a co-sponsor, Kay Hagan, have introduced legislation in the N.C. Senate, and Rep. Alma Adams, with co-sponsors Bernard Allen, Pricey Harrison and Maggie Jeffus, has introduced identical legislation in the House that would give the City Council the power to make the Greensboro Coliseum's lobby smoke-free.
A state law mandates that part of the lobby of every arena in North Carolina permit smoking. Despite this law, the RBC Center in Raleigh and the Charlotte Coliseum are smoke-free, and the future home of the Charlotte Bobcats will be smoke-free. The Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill is exempt from this law as it was smoke-free prior to 1993, when the law was passed.
The Greensboro city attorney, with advice from the Institute of Government, has insisted that legislative relief is necessary for the City Council to take this healthy step. Mayor Keith Holliday and the War Memorial Commission, which oversees the Coliseum Complex, want to make the coliseum smoke-free.
There is no question second-hand smoke is a health hazard. It increases heart attacks and makes asthma worse. Children whose parents smoke make more emergency room visits and suffer more bronchitis, ear infections and reduced lung function.
In Helena, Mont., the rate of heart attacks was 40 percent lower during a six-month period when smoking was banned in public places.
Many potential coliseum patrons with breathing disorders are forced to stay away from events because of the smoke that clouds the lobby.
As clear-cut as the health of spectators may be, another factor looms for Greensboro. We host the 2006 and 2010 ACC men's basketball tournaments.
With expansion to 12 teams, there will be four games each of the first two days of play, meaning 23,000 spectators during each of those sessions. Smoke will fill the lobby and wind its way to the concourse and seated areas.
It will be unhealthy and unsightly. If we can't prevent this, we may hurt our chances to host this lucrative event in the future.
We should all urge the entire Guilford delegation in the General Assembly to help Sens. Dorsett and Hagan, and Reps. Adams, Harrison and Jeffus steer these bills through, so we can have a smoke-free coliseum.
The writer lives in Greensboro.
Comments (3)
Been to the coliseum. There are very few places where you can smoke there, already. You go on to predict a problem in future ACC tournaments that hasn't even happened yet. In the event that someone can't attend because somebody else is smoking downstairs, I would love to have their tickets. Thanks.
Posted by mr t | March 29, 2005 11:21 AM
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