By: Katlin Henneberry
House Bill 270, sponsored by Representative Thomas Pezzarossi, is a bill which would have amended MCA 50-40-103, Montana Clean Indoor Air Act, to include restrictions on smoking in parks and fairgrounds.
The demographic of parks and fairgrounds includes a high percentage of children. It is a proven fact that children are more dramatically affected by secondhand smoking than adults.
Right now, Montana Code restricts smoking in many public areas such as schools, stores, and restaurants. Granting that our state has already begun to protect the right of the public to not breathe secondhand smoke, there is still more to be done.
This bill would have furthered the protection of the public's rights in MCA 50-40-103 to include the right to not breathe secondhand smoke in parks and fairgrounds.
However, this bill failed.
Your rights were set aside for the supposed freedom for anyone eighteen and older to subject you to the dangers second-hand smoke. This is unacceptable, unconstitutional, and inexcuseable.
Do not complacently let your rights, and your children's rights, be thrown away. Urge your legislators to continue to push for a better mind, body, and spirit through clean air
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