Withdrawling our support HB 1149
Friday, March 9th, 2012 | Blog
Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Airs Withdraws Support of House Bill 1149 INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air is withdrawing its support of House Bill 1149, which was intended to protect thousands of Hoosier workers from the dangers … Continue reading
Legislative Update and Next Steps
Thursday, March 1st, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, the Senate passed what started out as a “smokefree” workplace bill. As it currently stands, the bill will still allow smoking in many workplaces; bars & taverns, casinos, membership clubs, nursing homes and mental health facilities to name a … Continue reading
Smokefree Air Advocates: Listen to Their Stories
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 | Blog
Listen to these Indiana smokefree advocates talk about the need for a STRONG smokefree workplace law that protects all Hoosiers.
Indiana Musicians Speak Out for Smokefree Legislation
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | Blog | Uncategorized
Indiana musicians often don’t have a choice between working and breathing smokefree air. Listen to them talk about why smoke-filled bars give them the blues. Join the movement — please forward this to friends and state legislators to support a … Continue reading
Indy Star Editorial: Put Hoosiers’ health above other interests
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | Blog
Another supportive editorial! Thanks to the Indy Star for their editorial that ran today. The Star has long been in support of smoke-free Indy and Indiana. Read their editorial here, or below. In the next few days, members of … Continue reading
Breaking News: 70% of Indiana voters support making Indiana smoke-free
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | Blog
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Tim Harms (317) 732-4717, American Heart Association Ashley Rockhold (202) 296-5469, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids 70 Percent of Indiana Voters Support Law Making Workplaces, Restaurants and Bars Smoke-Free Pending legislation, backed by Gov. Daniels, would protect … Continue reading
South Bend Tribune: Opportune time for a statewide smoking ban
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | Blog
We would like to thank the South Bend Tribune for their support of a smoke-free Indiana. Last week, they took to their editorial page to support the current effort at the State House, urging the General Assembly to pass HB … Continue reading
Urgent Action: Smoke-free Air Heads to the Full House of Representatives
Friday, January 13th, 2012 | Blog
Dear Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air supporter, Yesterday afternoon, the House Public Health Committee passed the Smokefree Air bill (House Bill 1149) out of committee. It will now go to the full House of Representatives for a vote. … Continue reading
Our Statement Regarding HB 1149 Passing Out of Committee
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 | Blog | Press Releases
For Immediate Release Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 Media Contact Tim Harms, (317) 373-8339 Statement on House Bill 1149 Passing Out of Committee The Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air is pleased that House Bill 1149 received overwhelming support during … Continue reading
News Recap and Next Steps
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | Blog
There was lots of news coverage recently regarding the hearing for HB 1149. In case you couldn’t attend, we’ve compiled some news clips. – WRTV – NWI Times – WISH TV Couldn’t make the hearing but … Continue reading
Action Alert: The Smokefree Air Bill Will be Taken up on Monday
Friday, January 6th, 2012 | Blog
Dear Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air supporter, This is it! The Smokefree Air bill (House Bill 1149) has been introduced by State Representatives Eric Turner and Charlie Brown and it looks like it has the potential to move through … Continue reading
News Release: Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air Response to Proposed Smokefree Legislation
Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | Blog
Please see the attached or below for our response to all the latest news going down at the Indiana state house in regards to making Indiana smoke-free. INDIANAPOLIS – As a coalition representing more than 400 state, local and … Continue reading
American Cancer Society Applauds Governor Daniels
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 | Blog
Our partners over at the American Cancer Society recently released a statement applauding Governor Daniels for making a smoke-free Indiana a legislative priority. Late last week, Speaker Brian Bosma also made some comments about fast-tracking smoke-free legislation prior to the … Continue reading
Push for a Smoke Free Indiana a Legislative Priority for Many
Friday, December 16th, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday, House Speaker Brian Bosma stated that making Indiana smoke-free could be fast-tracked in the General Assembly. And today, Governor Daniels laid out his top legislative priorities and making Indiana smoke-free was one of them. Governor Daniels stated that he believes … Continue reading
Letter to Editor in Northwest Indiana Times
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 | Blog
Check out this great letter, submitted by a couple from Arizona, refusing to spend their dollars in an Indiana town due to their lack of a smoke-free law. Keep the letters coming in!
Another Supportive Editorial
Monday, October 31st, 2011 | Blog
We’d like to thank Speros Batistatos of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority for their support of making Indiana smoke-free, including in our bars and taverns. You can check out the Editorial that ran in the Northwest Indiana Times. … Continue reading
Help Us Fix This
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 | Blog
What is wrong with this picture? Help us make Indiana the next smokefree state! The American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Division will be hosting three “Red to Green” smokefree summits. Please register here. Currently, most of the … Continue reading
Good Luck to Alexandria, LA!
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 | Blog
We would like to wish Alexandria, Louisiana good luck as their city council is considering eliminating smoking in nearly all public (including bars and gaming!). The Alexandria Council meets today and the new law if passed would go into effect … Continue reading
Indy Star Editorial: Health Rankings go up in Smoke
Monday, September 19th, 2011 | Blog
Thank you (again) to the Indianapolis Star for the wonderful editorial in today’s Star. As the editorial mentions, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a study last week that showed Indiana is lagging far behind the national decline in … Continue reading
Action Alert: Urge Governor Daniels to make smokefree air a legislative priority
Thursday, September 8th, 2011 | Blog
Smokefree Air – the fight to save lives continues! “I’m a very big supporter of anything that helps people avoid cigarettes.” “I would say each year there’s been growing public support for (a smokefree law) and so I think there’s … Continue reading
Dr. Myers Support of Making Indiana Smoke-free
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 | Blog
If you don’t get the hard copy of the Indianapolis Business Journal, you probably missed this week’s opinion/editorial section which contained a piece penned by our former State Health Commissioner, Dr. Woodrow (Woody) Myers Jr. It should come to … Continue reading
Our Response to Governor Daniels’ Recent Comments
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 | Blog
As we mentioned last week, Governor Daniels said some encouraging words about the chances of a smoke-free bill passing next year in the General Assembly. Well, we thought we should respond to Governor Daniels, thanking him for his support. So, … Continue reading
Gov Daniels Says Smoking Ban Has a Shot at Passing
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 | Blog
There has been lots of recent news coverage in regards to Governor Daniels’ comments in regards to the likely hood of Indiana passing a smoke-free law next year. The Evansville Courier Press was the first to report. We’d like to … Continue reading
Editorial in Evansville Courier Press
Friday, August 12th, 2011 | Blog
Due to the recent news of the decrease in Indiana’s smoking rate (21.2%, the lowest in Indiana, ever) The Courier Press in Evansville wrote an editorial today in support of making Indiana smoke-free, including restaurants & bars. Thank … Continue reading
23-Year Military Veteran Dislikes the Smoke
Thursday, August 11th, 2011 | Blog
Mr. Henry Hansen of Muncie, IN wrote this letter to the editor of the Muncie Star Press. As a disabled Veteran of the Vietnam war, Mr. Mr Hansen wants to go to his Veterans Clubs, minus the smoke. … Continue reading
Press From New Study
Monday, August 8th, 2011 | Blog
Last week we sent out a press release in regards to a new study that showed smokefree laws do not negatively impact rural OR urban economies. Check out the coverage below. – WANE.COM As the press release … Continue reading
Smoke Free Casino Opens to Jam Packed Crowds
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 | Blog
A new casino just opened in Des Plaines, IL and was jam-packed with people. Shortly after it opened on Monday, it reached its’ 3,600 person capacity and officials had to ask visitors to consider delaying their visit. This is … Continue reading
Smoke-free Advocate Alice Curry Passes Away
Monday, July 11th, 2011 | Blog
It is with a heavy heart we report that Alice Curry of Columbus, IN has passed. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer two years ago, and since then has dedicated what little time she had to advocating for making … Continue reading
Allowing casinos to go back to smoking will not bring patrons back: they never left
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 | Blog
Earlier this year, the tobacco control advocates were victorious in an attempt by the casino and tobacco industry to roll back IL’s Clean Air Act which would have allowed their casinos to become smoking. There were anecdotal cries from … Continue reading
Indiana’s Newest Smoke-Free Community – Still the Best Alternative
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | Blog
The Muncie Star Press once again took to their editorial pages to support the smoke-free air law that passed Delaware County earlier this month. The new law will go into effect 30 days after the Ordinance is publicly posted, … Continue reading
Our Response to Indy Star Editorial
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 | Blog
Last week, the Indianapolis Star ran an editorial that we didn’t completely agree with. So, we had our response posted today in the Indy Star. You can find it here. Enjoy.
New Study Showing Lives & Dollars Saved by Making Indiana Smoke-free
Friday, June 17th, 2011 | Blog
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network commissioned leading experts to derive updated and expanded estimates for the health and economic savings for those 27 states that do not have a strong smoke-free law in place. Of course as you … Continue reading
Congrats to Newest Smoke-free Community in Indiana
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 | Blog
Congratulations to Delaware County (Muncie) for becoming Indiana’s newest smoke-free community. A very strong law passed last night which will prohibit smoking in nearly every public workplace, including bars & taverns. Some news coverage: – Star Press … Continue reading
American Lung Association to host forum on making Indy smokefree
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | Blog
Consider yourself invited. Now that the campaign for 2011 is over, it will be important to focus smokefree efforts on the local level. Please join community leaders, elected officials and candidates for this discussion on making Indianapolis smokefree. Cash bar … Continue reading
Weekly Round-Up
Friday, April 22nd, 2011 | Blog
Sorry for a lag in blogging this week. Things have been quite crazy at the Capital. We’ll try and provide you a well rounded recap of things that went down this week. Here goes. Well, to start of the … Continue reading
Letter to Editor: Embarrassed to Live in State that Lack Smokefree Law
Friday, April 15th, 2011 | Blog
A great letter to the editor of the Indianapolis Star was submitted from Pediatrician Sarah Bosslet earlier this week. A new study was recently published in the Journal of Pediatrics correlating poor health outcome for newborns and a mother’s … Continue reading
Editorial Coverage from Senate Vote on Smokefree Air
There have been gobs of news stories from right here in Indiana and across the US from Wednesday’s news of the Public Policy Committee of the Indiana Senate essentially defeating HB 1018, which would have made some workplaces in Indiana … Continue reading
Smokefree Advocates Rally at the Statehouse
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday (April 5) nearly 200 American Cancer Society advocates rallied at the Indiana Statehouse to support a smokefree Indiana. They urged the Senate Public Policy Committee to put bars & taverns back in House Bill 1018. Click here for Fox 59 … Continue reading
Smoke Free Bill Should Include Bars and Tavers
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | Blog
Danielle Patterson, Chair of the Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air (ICSA) submits our official statement to the Indianapolis Star regarding HB 1018. Click here to view our statement. Reminder, HB 1018 is up for a vote in the Senate … Continue reading
Media Round-Up From Senate Hearing
There was lots of media surrounding Wednesday’s hearing in the Public Policy Committee of the Indiana Senate. Below are some media clips. Enjoy. -Indiana Public Media -WIBC -WISH TV And, in case you missed it, Indiana University released … Continue reading
IN Senate Public Policy Committee Outcome, Will Vote Next Week
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 | Blog
Today, the Indiana Senate heard testimony from us and many others in support and against HB 1018. As you know, we want the bill strengthened to put bars/taverns and other exemptions back in the bill as it was … Continue reading
Smokefree Environments Linked to Less Breast Cancer
Monday, March 21st, 2011 | Blog
Check out the story below that ran in HealthDay News in regards to a new study released by our friends at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Researchers estimate that about 20 percent of the change in breast-cancer death rates is … Continue reading
SMOKEFREE ALERT – VOTE THIS WEDNESDAY, ACTION NEEDED
Keep up the pressure on the Senate Public Policy Committee to pass a strong smokefree bill that includes bars Great news smokefree advocates! The Senate Public Policy Committee will hear House Bill 1018, the statewide smokefree air bill, this Wednesday … Continue reading
Wisconsin Bartenders Health Improve After Smokefree Law (duh!)
Friday, March 18th, 2011 | Blog
A new study was released by the University of Wisconsin this week that showed the respiratory health of bartenders has improved one year after Wisconsin implemented 2009 Wisconsin Act 12 which eliminated smoking in most workplaces, including restaurants, bars and … Continue reading
Coming to a Newspaper Near You
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 | Blog
The American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network has placed ads on behalf of the Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air in local newspapers across Indiana. The ad below will be running in the Lafayette area this weekend. Check … Continue reading
Indianapolis Business Journal Once Again in Support of Smokefree Indy & Indiana
Monday, March 14th, 2011 | Blog
Once again the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) has taken to their Editorial pages to support making Indianapolis and Indiana smokefree. As they mentioned in the article, this is not a new topic for the IBJ. They’ve advocated and … Continue reading
Big Ten Basketball Fans Upset of Indy Smoking Policy
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | Blog
If you happened to watch the news yesterday, you probably saw a few stories in regards to 3 Big Ten Schools (Michigan State, University of Michigan and Iowa) upset over being assigned bars that allow smoking, even though … Continue reading
Smoke Free Indy Releases Big Ten Bar Guide
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 | Blog
Couldn’t get tickets to your team’s game but still want to go out and watch the game? Or are you planning on going out downtown after your team (hopefully) wins. Did you know that each team has … Continue reading
Check Out Our New Fact Sheets!
Need all the latest data and information on smokefree air? Look no further. We have compiled hundreds of studies, economic reports, polls and more into easy to use (and pretty) fact sheets. We have fact sheets on … Continue reading
Smokefree Air Act has Made Iowa Better
Friday, March 4th, 2011 | Blog
In 2008, Iowa passed the Smokefree Air Act who prohibited smoking in most of Iowa’s workplaces, including bars. 3 years later, 79% of Iowa voters believe that Iowa is now a better place to live, work and raise … Continue reading
Support is Statewide for a Smokefree Indiana
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 | Blog
Check out this recent letter to the editor in the Northwest Indiana Times newspaper in support of making Indiana smokefree. Thank you Natalie Rivich, of Chesterton for your support.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Smoke Free Indy
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 | Blog
Join Smoke Free Indy at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17th at 11:30, in Downtown Indianapolis. Smoke Free Indy will once again have a float in this years parade and will be handing out candy … Continue reading
Blog Post: Time for Evansville to go Smokefree
Monday, February 28th, 2011 | Blog
Today we bring you a story from the Evansville Courier & Press newspaper. The story recognizes and applauds the leadership of the Vanderburgh County Commissioners to close the loopholes in their current smokefree county ordinance then encourages and asks … Continue reading
Smokefree News Round-up
There are lots of local smokefree ordinances on the table across Indiana right now. Although we would like to see a state-wide law, it is great these local communities have taken the initiative to go smokefree and are no longer … Continue reading
Vanderburgh County, IN passes comprehensive smokefree law
Last night, Vanderburgh County Commissioners closed the loopholes in their smokefree ordinance, making Vanderburgh County smokefree. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/feb/22/county-bans-smoking-all-bars-restaurants/
Blog Post: Welcome to the new website
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 | Blog
Welcome to the new Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air (ICSA) website. If you have made it to this site, you probably know that ICSA is committed to protecting all workers from exposure to secondhand smoke by working toward … Continue reading