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LAST MONTH Los Angeles enacted a citywide ban on smoking in restaurants, The new law protibits smoking in more than 7,000 restaurants, although it exciudes bars, lounges and outside dining areas. Interestingly, during the same week that the smoking bun (ook effect down in L.A., Mary Collins, MP for Capilano-Howe Sound, an- nounced that larger, stronger warning labels would be put on all Canadian cigarette packages beginning next

Would you support a complete

year. The new labels — which will cover one-quarter of the package — will put Canada at the forefront in enfoz- cing the world’s toughest anti-smoking warnings. But will warning labels discourage people from smoking? Not likely, particularly when most people are already well aware of smoking’s deadly consequences. What will discourage people from smoking are laws that prevent them from lighting up in the first place.

ban on smoking in restaurants? |

Rick Babskioff

North Vancouver Definitely. When you pay to have a nice meal it can be spoiled by someone smoking . at the next table. If you're spending the money, you should

Lori Knight

West Vancouver

Yes, definitely ban it because it affects the health of other people, If smokers want to. kill themselves that's fine, but they shouldn't take

R.L. Stuart

North Vancouver

Yes, because | believe passive smoke is danger- ous to other people's health.

Alex Hai

North Vancouver

No. People have just as much right to smoke or not smoke. Why should smokers have to give up their rights and the nonsmokers have al! the

Cheryl Grenick

Kitsilano ; No, 1 think .it’s an infr- ingement on people’s rights.. I believe that nonsmokers have the right to nonsmoking sec- tions, but people should

have the right to a healthy atmosphere.

SURVEY TEAM:

The North Shore News survey team called 427 North

and West Vancouver residents to find out whether you would support a complete ban on smoking in restaur- ants. The following is a breakdown of the survey results:

Draft plat _ for area ft repared ©

A DRAFT plan for the Lower

Lonsdale Planning Study area will

be prepared by development ser- vices staff, as directed by North Vancouver City Council at an Aug. 4 meeting.

The future development of a.

. six-block area in Lower Lonsdale,

other people with them,

be allowed to smoke in

rights? ( restaurants.

DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKCOWN

YES

Horseshoe Bay 60% 26% 10% Dundarave/Ambleside 51% 40% 9% British Properties 61% 39% 0%

Norgate/Pemberton Heights 69% 23% 8% Capilano/Delbrook Highlands 56% 34% 10% Lower Lonsdale 43% 48% 9% |

Central & Upper Lonsdale

61% 31% 71%

Lynn Valley 56% 34% 1% Blueridge/Deep Cove 68% 24% 5% TOTAL £0... cece eee eee, SBM 33% 7%

much of it municipally owned, has been the subject of extensive public input and debate.

Coun. Stella Jo Dean was un- successful in having the . matter deferred to a meeting for con- sideration by all council members.

John Braithwaite and Barbara

EEE it,

Perreault: were the only other councillors in attendance, but both believed absent members would be - in favor of a draft plan.

_The draft plan will include pro- posed bylaws and guidelines which - will be presented at a future public meeting.

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