TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 10 P7

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 10 P7 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 48 TOBACCO National Clean Air Debate On April 5 1994 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA published proposed nationwide indoor air quality regulations that would prevent smoking in all indoor workplaces including office buildings government buildings restaurants stores and bars except in designated smoking areas with separate ventilation systems 59 Fed. Reg. 15 968-16 039 . OSHA provided a public comment period followed by public hearings which were extended a number of times and finally closed the hearings in January 1996. OSHA also sought post-hearing comments but by the end of 1997 the administration had not announced when or whether it would issue its final rules addressing this controversial topic. The dispute over the OSHA regulations frames the larger debate between advocates and opponents of smoking regulations. Proponents of the indoor air quality regulations argue that if people are freely allowed to smoke in the workplace they contaminate the air that nonsmokers breathe subjecting everyone around them to severe health consequences. Proponents cite decades of scientific and medical studies that demonstrate the health effects of environmental tobacco smoke ETS . They refer to studies that show that ETS causes lung cancer and heart disease in adults and various respiratory disorders in children. Various government agencies support OSHA s proposed regulations. The . surgeon general has published numerous reports warning of the dangers of ETS. The Labor Department reported to OSHA that 83 percent of all worker health complaints related to indoor air quality are linked to ETS. Since 1992 the . Environmental Protection Agency has classified ETS as a known Group A human carcinogen. Various other medical and research organizations support the proposed regulations as well. The National Academy of Sciences has warned of the dangers of ETS. A 1995 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that nicotine levels in

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