New York City ushers in smoke-free era
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1. Wide exterior of Peter's, Upper West Side bar, Manhattan
2. Wide pan interior of Peter's bar
3. Man smoking and drinking
4. Zoom in to no smoking sign
5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Rios, bartender at Peter's
We'll probably lose a lot of customers. It think it will about 10 to 20 percent, which, you know, is going to hit me in the pocket book. So I'm gonna make less money. I think it's going to affect the whole city that way. I think there is going to be fewer people coming to the city, we'll definitely loose the tourist trade, the Europeans who come to New York, so I think it's gonna be pretty profound.
6. Close up cigarette
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Simons, smoking customer
Just wait until it's winter again. I mean, it's being instituted in the spring when it's nice out, when it's 20 degrees outside and freezing, people are gonna be outside smoking cigarettes.
8. Med shot of men smoking cigars
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Bekker, non-smoking customer:
I think it would save a lot of dry cleaning bills. We 'll definitely save money there. But it surprises me. I am a lawyer and to me, being a Dutchman, I have always thought of the United States as the land of freedoms: you can do whatever you want to do. And, no, you cannot smoke!
10. Men by counter
11. Exterior of Peter's, New York bar
STORYLINE
New York smokers on Sunday stubbed out their cigarettes as a controversial ban on lighting up in public places came into force.
At the stroke of midnight, bars and restaurants across the city ordered customers to take their final legal puffs.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a former smoker himself, pushed through the ban with a zeal that angered smokers and even some non-smokers.
The ban covers all workplaces, including bars, small restaurants, bingo parlours and other venues not covered by the city's previous smoking law.
Owners of establishments could be fined 400 US dollars for allowing smoking and eventually could have their business licences suspended.
A state anti-smoking law passed on Wednesday is even tougher, closing a city loophole that granted an exemption for businesses that provide enclosed smoking rooms.
That law takes effect this summer.
The bans have led to fears that bars will go out of business and rumours that secret smoke-easies will pop up - but of course, New Yorkers can be given to exaggeration.
Proprietors in California complained when a similar rule was enacted four years ago, but business did not drop significantly and polls showed most patrons backed the ban.
About 400 communities nationwide have adopted smoking bans in restaurants, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.
But none has New York's history of smoking.
Until the 1920s, 30 percent of all cigarettes produced in North America were manufactured in the New York metropolitan area.
Philip Morris, long headquartered in midtown Manhattan, announced a few days after the city ban was approved that it would move to Virginia by 2004 for economic reasons.
And smoking, ban opponents say, is part of the city's in-your-face, adrenaline-fueled culture.
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It's now much tougher to find a place to smoke in New York City.
The Smoke-Free Air Act will ban cigarettes in most restaurants and many outdoor recreational areas.
But the new law, in a city known for its freedom, has smokers fuming.
Many New Yorkers start their day here in the Streetside restaurant.
From today their morning wake-up won't include a cigarette over breakfast.
New York City's Smoke Free-Air Act has come into effect. It seeks to ban smoking in restaurants that seat more than 35 people. For many residents and commuters, Monday morning was more like a last meal with an old friend.
Smokers say the new law is just another attempt to ban smoking everywhere. They feel like outcasts for doing something they enjoy.
SOUNDBITE:
I don't feel like a criminal, yet the law, ah, makes me feel like I am doing something that is wrong and something that, ah, should not be tolerated by society. It's an outrage.
SUPER CAPTION: Smoker
The law will also regulate smoking in outdoor arenas and recreational areas. Similar legislation has already been introduced in parts of California.
But the real impact will be felt by the restaurant who fear a loss of business. Listening to smokers, those fears are not unfounded.
SOUNDBITE:
For me it's very simple, I won't go there anymore. That's it. And I will go to a restaurant where I can smoke and ah, well too bad. If people don't want me to smoke in their restaurant, they will lose a client
SUPER CAPTION: Smoker
SOUNDBITE:
It'll probably have a big impact on where I decide to eat, when I decide to eat out, etcetera. My wife smokes as well as I. Ah, it's just very bad news for smokers.
SUPER CAPTION: Smoker
However, not all New Yorkers are lamenting the loss of yet another place to enjoy their vice. Some smokers see the new law as the push they need to kick the habit.
SOUNDBITE:
That's good. Excellent. (Reporter question:' Why?') Smoking is no good. (Reporter question: 'Are you going to continue smoking?') No, this is my last one. I'm going to try
SUPER CAPTION: Smoker
And that's an example the authorities hope other smokers will follow.
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USA: NEW YORK: NEW NO SMOKING LAW
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Smoking has been banned from restaurants in New York City.
However smokers and restaurants owners are puzzled over the complexity and vagaries of the new law and are unsure if they can or can't light up.
It was at Billy's, the venerable old New York City restaurant, where the defiant gathered for one last cigarette.
The new law bans smoking in every eating establishment in the city that serves more than 35 people.
But the law is so vague and filled with so many loopholes that restaurant owners and patrons aren't sure yet where it applies.
The Billy's gathering was organized by Bill Altham of the National Smokers Alliance.
He says the no-smoking law's vagaries make it unfair to restaurant owners.
SOUNDBITE:
I think there's a real problem for a restaurant owner knowing whether he or she is in compliance. The law is extremely complicated with square feet, number of seats, so many feet from the bar. You could be a criminal and not know it.
SUPER CAPTION: Bill Altham National Smokers Alliance.
The owner of Billy's thinks the law is petty and wonders what non-New Yorkers think of the city's crackdown on smoking.
SOUNDBITE:
And I would really urge the Mayor to listen to the public. Listen to the Europeans who are telling us we are ridiculous. When we have so many things wrong in this country, why are we focusing on smoking?
SUPER CAPTION: Heidi Gache, Owner, Billy's Restaurant
Gache (Gashee) worries about the effect of the ban on her business. And if the words of Billy's customers are any indication, the effect could be devastating.
SOUNDBITE: Why should I spend money in a restaurant where I am made to feel uncomfortable?
SUPER CAPTION: Peggy Gache
SOUNDBITE:
I feel as Peggy. I don't think I want to go out to dinner. As much as I hate to cook. So therefore you call out. Exactly.
SUPER CAPTION: Sue Leve.
On the streets, many New Yorkers are already talking about defying the ban.
They feel it is the only way they can convince city government that their concerns are being addressed.
But some New Yorkers are quite happy with the new law.
SOUNDBITE:
I think it's a great idea. It's disgusting and why should I inhale other people's carcinogenics?
SUPER CAPTION: Kari Non-Smoker.
Until the law is re-addressed or overturned, the streets will be one of New York's few last havens for smokers.
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New York mayor signs legislation to restrict smoking
18 December 2002
1. Rack focus, neon Guinness Draft sign
2. Various shots, smokers
3. Med shot, bartender at cash register
4. Close up of man smoking cigar
30 December 2002
5. Pan right, news conference conference
6. Cutaway journalists
7. Mid shot New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg signing ban on smoking in New York City
8. Various Bloomberg signing ban
9. Wide shot applause
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City:
I don't think there's anything that any of us have been elected to serve the people of New York will do in our entire lives that will have the kind of impact that this legislation will have. We literally will save tens of thousands of lives going forward.
11. Wide shot, Mayor Bloomberg speaking at news conference
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society:
I predict that many lives will be saved in 2003 and for years to come. I predict that New York city bars and restaurants will continue to flourish, that tourists will continue to flock to our city and I will certainly go out and with many more people to bars more often.
13. Wide shot Donald Distasio speaking at news conference
14. UPSOUND (English) Protestor wearing Superman suit:
Second hand smoke, it's junk science! Today it's cigarettes, tomorrow it's candy! You won't be able to have candy and then you'll be here like me.
15. Protester turns placard round to read 'Bloomberg Sucks'
STORYLINE:
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed legislation on Monday further restricting the areas where people will be allowed to smoke in the city.
The legislation represents one of the United States' toughest anti-smoking measures, banning smoking in almost every work place, including bars and restaurants.
The mayor pushed for the smoking ban despite vigorous opposition from smokers, who maintained that tightening the city's existing smoking law violated their rights and bar and nightclub owners who said the law would drive them out of business.
But Donald Distasio the CEO of American Cancer Society claimed that far from deterring customers, the ban would encourage people who would have otherwise been put off by the smoky atmosphere.
Bloomberg, a former smoker, said protecting nonsmokers from second-hand smoke was paramount. During the signing ceremony at New York City Hall, he said the bill would save thousands of lives.
The law, which takes effect on April 1, extends smoking restrictions to almost every public indoor space where non-smokers could be at risk from breathing cigarette or cigar smoke.
Exemptions to the law include bars that build enclosed, specially ventilated smoking rooms where employees would not have to enter; private clubs such as American Legion halls; nursing homes and other residential facilities that have smoking rooms and existing cigar bars.
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1. Wide shot exterior of Emerald Inn, a bar on Upper West side of Manhattan
2. Various inside of bar with customers
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kenneth Leopold, General Manager of Peter's bar in New York:
The employees have a choice of where to work, almost all of my employees smoke. They don't care if it's non-smoking and there are several employees who don't smoke, they're here because they're making money here. They could go next door and tend bar and make no money. But they come here, that's their choice.
4. Various of people smoking cigarettes in bar
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Trakas, smoker:
I won't stop at a bar or restaurant if you can't smoke. That's what we've been doing, make sure we can smoke and relax. This is my time to unwind.
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stefanie Zuccalmaglio, smoker:
If they want to make their restaurant a non-smoking or smoking or their bar non-smoking or smoking I think it should be the owner's discretion, the city or state shouldn't impose that on owners of restaurants.
7. Close-up man smoking cigar
8. Medium bar manager counting money
9. Close-up counting money
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) bar manager:
On a personal health aspect I understand why he's doing it, but as far as economically it's gonna really, it's gonna hit us in the pocket where it matters most and as a business and all that where here to make money like everybody else and I think it's gonna definitely affect us with the ban.
11. Various customers at bar
STORYLINE:
Customers and bar managers are reacting to a proposed ban of smoking in nearly all bars and restaurants by New York City Council.
Most bar managers feel the ban will be bad for business and many customers agree.
Especially the ones who smoke.
But Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the majority of the council maintained that the city's priority is to protect people, including bartenders and waitresses, from secondhand smoke.
The bill would be among the strictest in America.
While the legislation will prohibit smoking in almost all work places, there are several exceptions, including portions of outdoor cafes; bars that build enclosed, specially ventilated smoking rooms which employees would not enter; private clubs; nursing homes and other residential facilities that have smoking rooms; and existing cigar bars.
The bill, which Bloomberg is expected to sign within two weeks, would go into effect in March or April.
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