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The smoking ban passed in November that South Dakota voters thought was pretty clear is proving instead to be hazy. While most of the owners of Yankton’s bars, restaurants and casinos have ensured that smoking no longer takes place in their establishments, one business is taking a different approach that is leaving some citizens fuming. Since the ban took effect Nov.
10, there have been at least five reports to police of people smoking at Tobacco Road in the 900 block of Broadway Avenue. The latest report was received Friday evening,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], though when police arrived they found no one smoking and ash trays in the establishment clean. Because smoking is being allowed to occur in Tobacco Road ― something representatives of the business don’t dispute ― the owners of other establishments who once enjoyed the patronage of smokers are crying foul. “We’re losing business every day,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],”
Gary Boom of Boomer’s Lounge told the Yankton City Commission at its Dec. 13 meeting. “Some of us are even thinking about laying people off. It’s a big problem ― a lot bigger than the petty offense of smoking.” Yankton isn’t the only community with questions about the new law. Sara Rabern,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a spokesperson for South Dakota’s attorney general office, said it has received hundreds of inquiries regarding the ban. Tobacco control efforts are also gaining momentum internationally.
Did you know that the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if current patterns of smoking continue, with no dramatic changes in cessations rates or significant declines in initiation rates, tobacco is expected to be the single biggest cause of death worldwide ? accounting for about 10 million deaths per year. While high-income industrialized countries have witnessed a decline in smoking prevalence in recent years, the opposite is true for low-income developing countries.
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the first ever public health treaty,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], entered into force on February 27, 2005. The FCTC is an international response to an international problem. The spread of the tobacco epidemic is recognized as a global concern, with serious consequences for public health; and the FCTC is the first international legal instrument designed to promote multilateral cooperation and national action to reduce the growth and spread of tobacco use.