AIO - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 6, 1999

Smokers get butt out word

SMOKERS WHO enjoy a cigarette in bars, restaur- ants, sporting arenas, and bingo halls have until Jan. | to butt out.

That's when. the Work- ers’ Compensation Board's (WCB) new health. and safety standards . require employers in B.C. to ban smoking in workplaces to protect workers from: sec-. ond-hand smokc..

Ralph. McGinn, _presi- dent and CEO. of WCB, ss- timated that'50 non-smok- ing British Columbians dic each year of lung cancer caused by second- hand smoke,

"Evidence is in that sec- ond hand smoke is causing people to die and suffer ill- nesses", McGinn. said who

was in Terrace last -week. -

"We treal exposure ‘to to- bacco smoke like-any other dangerous chemical.".«

Most workplaces in B,C. have been complying ‘to WCB's clean’ air regula- lians since April 15,1998. Restaurants, bars, sporting arenas, bingo halls, pri- sons, and extended care. fa- cilities were. given. until Jan. 1, 2000 to adhere to the new rules.

McGinn said WCB. is irying to avoid the repeat of what happened with as- ‘bestos, a substance whose fibres caused respiratory

problems.in workplaces. in.

the 1960s, "Once you recognize an issue and bring in protec-

live measures, then you can -

reverse the trend," he said,

B.C, is the first. province in Canada to enforce stringent new regulalions against second-hand smoke,

The regulations require B.C. employers to prohibil- ing smoking on the job or restrict smoking to designa-

ted smoking area such as a-

safe, outdoor location or a separate, independently ventilated room that is se- parate from other work

Ralph McGinn

areas.

McGinn admilted that restaurants and bars will have the most difficulty complying with the new rules. However, .if patrons

‘don't stop their customers

from lighting .up, they will be Fined.

‘Board officers won't be checking up on restaurants: and-bars, but-they:will re- spond to: camplaints. Busi-" ness owners:-who don't

. abide by the new rules will

face a minimum of $1,500 to

$4,000.in fines for a first of-

fence: For repeated: non- compliance employers can be fined: a-maximum of $500,000. - : ‘Scott’ McCloy, WCB's director. of communica- tions, said the:new--regula- tions shouldn't affect busi- ness al bars or. restaurants. “People will adjust," he said. "People adjusted to smoking in airplanes, They adjusted. to: seatbelts -and

they'll adjust-lo this be- . cause it's: for the common

good."

“WCB receives. fewer than 100 claimsa.year from British Columbians who have suffered illnesses due to second hand smoke in the. : workplace: About 179,000 . WCB claims are filed ‘for different injuries and ill- nesses every year in B.C.

Bad weather tagged for accident increase

ICBC OFFICIALS are at-

-tributing an increase in

motor vehicle accidents for this first half of this year here to the weather,

Damage-related claims involving vehicles and/or property rose from 465 for the first six months of 1998 to 572 from January to June this year.

Also up, but not by. as much, were claims from moose hits, vandalism, rocks, etc. Claims in this category numbered 465 in

the first half of 1998 and

578 for the same period this year.

Injury related claims dropped slightly, fram 105 to 101 as did death benefit claims, from five to three, over the same time period.

Across B.C., the overall number of elaims in- ercased, but the number of death bencfit claims fell.

Local ICBC manager Frank Feketle said the se- vere winter of 1998-99 made northern driving ha- zardous.

“And 1998 was a really good year. When you com- pare 1999 so far with 1996 and 1997, which weren't good years, 1999 isn't that far off," he said,

Adjusters noticed an in- crease in single vehicle

“T personally think a lot 7 of our road safety initia-

tives are doing a lot better up here than in the lower mainland," he said. ~ “When there's a change. in the weather, people know how io change their driving habits. On the lower’ mainland people are a little more reckless when it comes to changing their habils," Fekette added. ~

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