Citizen Advocate: An Update For Members Of NCPIRG
Summer 2007
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Restuarant and bar workers are most at risk from secondhand smoke.
CLEAN INDOOR AIR—Restaurant and bar workers are most at risk from secondhand smoke. Working an eight-hour shift in a smoke-filled room is the equivalent of smoking nearly a pack of cigarettes.
   

Indoor Smoking Ban To Protect Workers

For the first time, the North Carolina General Assembly is taking solid steps to protect workers and the public from secondhand smoke. This session lawmakers have filed several bills to restrict smoking in the workplace, including one bill that would ban smoking in all indoor workplaces, including restaurants and bars.

N.C. House Takes Up Chemical Safety Bill

The North Carolina House of Representatives passed a NCPIRG-backed chemical safety bill (H 36) in response to an explosion in Apex in October of 2006.

 


 

Utilities Attempt To Pass Costs To Consumers

NCPIRG-Backed Bill
Would Protect Patients

NCPIRG Pushes
Corporate Tax Reform

 

Anatomy Of Victory: Reversing The Cuts To Student Aid

Research: Influence Of Out-Of-District Donors On N.C. Election Campaigns

First Steps On Curbing Congressional Corruption

Planned Giving: An Enduring Gift of Hope and Action


   

House Moves To Harness Medicare’s Buying Power

TJX Data Breach: Need for ID Theft Reform

Local Campaigns Defend Public Transit Alternatives

Cutting Excessive Subsidies To Oil And Gas Companies

 

Being Right (And Not Being Shy About It)

 

 

 

NCPIRG
Citizen Advocate
Summer 2007
Vol. 8, No. 3

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