Clean Air Kansas – Inside the Campaign
An Afternoon of Sharing
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Sunflower Foundation

Location: Capitol Plaza Hotel

The purpose of event is to illustrate effective advocacy by using the Clean Air Kansas campaign as a model. The event is open to the public, but is designed to serve as a resource to the public health and non-profit community in Kansas.

Among the topics discussed will be:

Lt. Governor Troy Findley and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) unveiled a new web site, www KSsmokefree.org, on May 3rd, 2010 to assist businesses and the public with implementation of the Indoor Clean Air Act.

The web site provides information on the new public smoking law that goes into effect July 1, 2010.  The site also contains downloadable no smoking signs for businesses, frequently asked questions, a business tool kit and free resources to help Kansans stop smoking.

4.30.2010 -   An attempt to weaken the new Kansas Clean Indoor Air Act failed in the Kansas House. The action occurred during the wrap up session of the Kansas legislature. The Kansas House refused to reconsider the new state law that bans smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places beginning in July.Legislators approved the ban last month. Some House members wanted to reconsider parts of it, including an exemption for the gambling areas of state-owned casinos.

The Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans congratulates the Clean Air Kansas campaign that was recognized in two award categories from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) during the recent 2010 Annual Pollie Awards and Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

          Governor to sign historic public health law 

The February newsletter is here and it's full of smoke-free information for the state of Kansas.  Click on the link below to read  our headline stories including the results of the October 2009 Pittsburg air quality testing.

After losing her father to cancer, First Lady Stacy Parkinson warns others about second hand smoke.

Watch the videos below and share her story with your family and friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ9Jt4UfpB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xz4jCVYAWs

By DAVID KLEPPER
The Star’s Topeka correspondent

 
TOPEKA | Legislation in Kansas would replace local public smoking bans with a weaker statewide prohibition that would allow bars and restaurants to opt out by paying a fee.
 

Supporters call it a compromise, but the idea angers groups that have long fought for a statewide ban on indoor public smoking.
 

“It takes us backward,” said Kansas first lady Stacy Parkinson, a leading advocate of a statewide ban. “It’s a slap in the face to public health.”

A competing smoke free bill introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives on 2/3/10 calls for overturning all smoke free ordinances statewide and replacing those ordinances with a state law that allows smoking to return to bars, restaurants, private clubs and casinos.

Topeka, KS.  Feb. 3, 2010:   A competing smoke free bill introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives today has public health advocates howling in protest.