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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Monday, September 30,1996
Bill threatens to make bars, casinog^moke-free
By Doreen Velasquez
Capital Campus News
SACRAMENTO—Jan. 1,1998..
the last refuges of California smok¬
ers — bars and gaming establish¬
ments — are expected to go the way
of restaurants, workplaces and other
public areas where smoking has
been illegal for the past 18 months.
And while the owners of bars
and gaming establishments would
prefer to let smokers continue to
puff away past that date, the 1998
deadline actually gives smokers a
one-year extension from the terms
of a law that would have ended
smoking Jan. 1. 1997.
Assembly Bill 3037. sitting on
Governor Pete Wilson's desk await¬
ing his signature, was introduced
in February of 1996 in response to
1994's Assembly Bill 13. which
banned smoking in the workplace,
restaurants, and other public facili¬
ties effective Jan. 1.1995. The sec¬
ond phase of AB 13 was originally
to go into effect on Jan. 1, 1997.
making bars and gaming establish¬
ments smoke-free also.
AB 13 was supported by the
American Lung Association and the
American Cancer Society who said'
that workplace exposure to second¬
hand smoke violates the existing
Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1973. This act says that "Cali¬
fornia employers must provide safe
and healthful workplaces." Bars
were originally exempted until
January 1997. or until the Califor¬
nia Occupational Safety and Health
Standards Board and Federal Envi¬
ronmental Protection Agencies
could determine the amount of en¬
vironmental tobacco smoke that is
considered harmful. Assembly Bill
3037 says this has not yet happened.
The original supporters of AB 13
oppose AB 3037 and the one-year
extension of allowing smoke in bars
and gaming establishments.
"Delaying implementation of
this part of AB 13 is a step back¬
wards in providing healthy work-,
places for all California employees,
"said Paul Knepprath, assistant vice
president. Government Relations
Office of the American Lung As¬
sociation of California.
But he also said the American
Lung Association is pleased that
they have been able to shorten the
proposed delay time of AB 3037.
which had originally called for Jan.
1,2000. Knepprath said they would
be using the additional year (from
1997-1998) to advocate for aggres-
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sive state public education about the
dangers of secondhand smoke. He
said that the public and business
owners need to be prepared for
smoke-free bars and that the Lung
Association believes that there is no
safe level of tobacco smoke.
Supporters of AB 3037 include
the National Smokers Alliance, the
California Manufacturers Associa¬
tion, the California Hotel and Mo¬
tel Association, and several bars and
gaming establishments whose pri¬
mary concern is the loss of busi¬
ness.
Bill Devlin, general manager of
a Sacramento Lyon's restaurant,
said he Voluntarily went to non¬
smoking in the bar about two
months ago with less-than-satisfy-
ing results.
"The "first week we lost between
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in the Bible and my son is like
Solomon. My son Wallace will
build the temple,'" Mohammed
said.
However, Mohammed became
an Orthodox Muslim and is no
longer a part of the Nation of Is¬
lam, which is not recognized by
Muslims around the world.      «•
While in the* Nation of Islam,
though, the younger Mohammed
did try to^follow in his father's foot¬
steps.
Mohammed s; id his task was
made slightly easier because some
of the senior members of the Na¬
tion of Islam were from the black
masons and other secret societies
and some of the women were from
the Eastern Star, which studied se¬
cret sciences.
'Their minds are turned on to
looking deeper than a normal per¬
son would be looking," Mohammed
said. "So they saw me as a child that
had God's support and that God
would bring me into the forefront.
That-is what they believed."
When Elija Mohammed died in
1975, Mohammed went to these
senior members and asked, for their
support in nominating him as the
leader of the Nation of Islam.
"It was not difficult for me to
speak to them and get their support.
They nominated me their leader.
Farakhan was there; he spoke to that
big audience. I can remember that
about 20,000 people [were there]."
Mohammed said.
In the I960's. Mohammed had
.been removed from the Nation of
Islam by his father after the mili¬
tant youth of the time brought
charges against him on several oc¬
casions. s.   '
Mohammed said he was charged
with saying Farad wasn't God.
"They would bring me to my
father's attention land] my father
had to do what he had to do; he had
to put me out," Mohammed said.
Mohammed said that Louis
Farakhan, the current controversial
leader of the Nation of Islam, is
$1,500 to $2,000." he said.
Devlin said his Lyons is in the
process of remodeling the bar to
make it more attractive and upscale.
He said the no-smoking impact on
the restaurant two years ago was not
as bad as the no-smbking bar has
been. People are generally at a res¬
taurant for a limited amount of time,
as opposed to a bar where they gen¬
erally stay longer, he said.
Bars that do notKave restaurants
are even more pleased by the ex¬
tension.
Jan Sanchez, owner of Trinos
Lounge in Sacramento, said she
hopes smoking will ultimately not
be banned.
"If they cut out smoking I might
as well open" a yuppie juice bar,"
Sanchez said.
leading people based on the teach¬
ings of Christianity and not Islam.
"We knov^ that the following of *
the Nation of Islam which was
formed by Farad came from a
Christian background."
Mohammed said.
\ Mohammed said that Farad did
no}eradicate or change the religious
nature of the people who came into
the Nation of Islam, that he just
changed their understanding.
"Those people were still reli¬
gious but (after Farad] they tried to
understand the atheistic idea and
certainly the material God and flesh
God." Mohammed said. ."They are
trying to understand this which
came from Christianity. They re¬
moved Jesus and put Farad in his
place."    \
Mohammed now has a large fol¬
lowing of Orthodox Muslims of his
own in the U.S.
The M un 11 it. cleric was in Fresno
yesterday to speak to a 200-mem-
ber audience on how to balance the
quest tor material and spiritual
gains,  v
Mohammed said that God cre¬
ated the material world not to hurt
spirituality, but to assist spiritual¬
ity.
"Allah says that He has given to
us the earth and the skies with all
of its skies as a garden for us to
cultivate." said Moteimmed.
"The material woVld challenges
the spiritual world." said
Mohammed. "God wants us to un¬
derstand that these things are coun¬
terparts. The material is the coun¬
terpart of the spiritual land] the
spiritual is the counterpart of the
material."
Mohammed said that people
should make God their entire pur¬
pose when pursuing material gains
"Prophet Abraham made his
whole purpose Allah. That is what^.
we have to do; therefore vs c should \_
also make Allah our whole pur¬
pose." said Mohammed- "Our pur¬
pose is to make money but what,
governs it is obedience to^Mlah."
said Mohammed
Mohammed will next be travel¬
ing to Rome to see the Vatican and
visit with the Pope.
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