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KC to vote on smoking ban
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Anti-smoking advocates are pushing an ambitious proposal that would ban smoking in public places on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The Kansas City Council is expected to vote Nov. 23 on a smoke-free law that would ban smoking in most workplaces and a host of public places, including bowling alleys, pool halls and stores.
would eliminate smoking in Kansas City bars and restaurants and is pinned on the passage of smoking bans in Jackson, Platte, Clay and Cass counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wwandotte counties in Kansas.
But the more expansive proposal
City Councilman Charles Eddy, who is leading the council's anti-smoking campaign, said Kansas City would not approve the restaurant and bar ban unless an undetermined majority of the metropolitan population has smoking ordinances in place.
Eddy said that would protect businesses from having customers flee for establishments in neighboring communities without bans in place.
"I really believe the region will buy into this." Eddy said.
If it does, it would be historic.
If it does, it would be most Cities in Wisconsin and Arizona have failed to persuade neighboring municipalities to enact smoking bans, said Bronson Frick, associate director of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, a national advocacy group.
In the groove
Franklin Campbell, Kansas City, Mo., resident (front) and Curtis Bryant, Lincoln, Neb., resident, dance amistad the crowd to DJ XL Saturday night at Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. DJ XL — a.k.a. Lawrence Chaters — is from Lincoln, and was the main DJ spinning at the "Fall into the Groove" party.
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Sebelius proposes cigarette tax
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TOPEKA — Governor Kathleen Sebelius is facing criticism for proposing a cigarette tax increase, but other alternatives for financing her health care proposals appear even less attractive.
Sebelius says tobacco taxes are the logical source of revenue because tobacco use generates big medical costs. But her choice could prove shrewd politically largely because nonsmokers far outnumber smokers.
"If you want a bill to pass, the fewer people who hate it, the better," said House Taxation Committee Chairman John Edmonds (R-Great Bend). "She's taken the better strategy."
They want the state to cover medical services for an additional 70,000 Kansans. They also propose having the state subsidize private insurance plans to make them affordable for both small businesses and their low-wage workers.
Sebelius needs $50 million a year for the "HealthyKansas" program she and Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger outlined last week.
Their plan would increase the state's cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack, to $1.29. Also, the tax on other tobacco products would rise to 15 percent from 10 percent.
Legislators in both parties said Sebelius will have a tough time selling any tax increase, given the mood of voters in this year's elections.
However, many voters also worried about rising insurance premiums and prescription drug costs, and Sebelius said nearly 300,000 Kansans remain uninsured.
chamber's tax committee. "There clearly is a public will to have a solution."
"There's a sense that we absolutely need to do something," said Sen. Janis Lee (D-Kensington), a member of her
Of course, there are reasons to avoid raising tobacco taxes to pay for health care proposals.
The state raised its cigarette tax in 2002 to the current 79 cents from 24 cents to help prevent a budget shortfall. Some legislators believe adding an additional 50 cents a pack will push Kansas smokers to buy cigarettes outside the state.
Smokers and tobacco companies question the fairness of having, a relatively small group of people pay for broad public health initiatives. A recent national study indicated about one-fifth of Kansens smoke.
Sebelius is betting Kansans would respond to raising tobacco taxes as voters did recently in other states, where they approved large increases in cigarette taxes.
ON CAMPUS
Visiting Lecture Series sponsored by the KU Philosophy Department presents "Anger, Hatred, and Genocide": The Classical World and Today" by David Konstan, classics at Brown University, at 8tonight at the Mallott Room in the Kansas Union.
Student Recital Series sponsored by the KU School of Fine Arts will feature KU Tuba/Euphonium Consort at 7:30 tonight at the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The Hall Center for the Humanities will hold a Philosophy and Literature Before 1500 seminar by David Konstan from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the Hall Center Conference Room.
A 20-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence Police that someone had stolen $40, her driver's license and a cell phone around 1 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Sixth Street. Her loss is estimated at $210.
Lawrence Police arrested a 21-year-old KU student in the 1100 block of Ohio Street. He was charged with careless driving and operating under the influence of alcohol.
ON THE RECORD
A 21-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence Police that someone had stolen the stereo system out of his car Thursday around 8 p.m. in the 500 block of John Doly Court. His loss is estimated around $1,600.
WORLD
Temporary successor evades gunfire at Arafat mourning
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader, killing two security guards and wounding six people.
The shooting raised concerns about a violent power struggle in the post-Arafat era. Gunmen shouted slogans calling Abbas, a moderate who has spoken out against violence, an agent of the United States.
The bursts of gunfire came just hours after Palestinian officials set Jan. 9 as the date for elections to choose a new leader.
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