monsterdad3k,

You are correct, but I thought that's because it was veto'd in CA by the Smokenator?

Anyway, here's a resource I found online:

Enjoy!

http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/doorways.pdf

Smoke-free doorways:

• Create a clean and inviting entrance

that attracts customers

• Prevent smoke from getting inside the

business

• Eliminate unsightly litter from

cigarette butts

• Save money on cleaning and

maintenance costs

• Reduce fire hazards

• Reduce legal liabilities of exposing people

to the dangers of secondhand smoke

• Make your business a healthy place to

eat, breathe, shop and work

“Getting into a building

shouldn’t be a test of how

long you can hold your

breath while walking

through a toxic cloud.”

—Glenna Trochet M.D.,

Sacramento County Health Officer

Why should entryways and doorways be smoke free?

When there is smoking near entryways, it

creates clouds of secondhand smoke that

people must walk through—and breathe.

Buildings usually have strong ventilation

systems that pull in tobacco smoke every time

the door opens, exposing employees and

workers to health-damaging secondhand

smoke. Air conditioning does not eliminate

the smoke; it simply recirculates it.

Secondhand Smoke (SHS) is Harmful

• SHS is toxic, irritates the eyes, nose and

throat and is known to cause cancer and

other diseases.

• Secondhand smoke is especially harmful to

children and the elderly. Children are more

likely to get colds, ear infections, bronchitis,

pneumonia and asthma attacks.

• In the U.S., over 3,000 nonsmokers die

every year from lung cancer, and another

48,500 people die annually from heart

disease due to exposure to secondhand smoke.

Californians support smoke-free doorways

Most Californians don’t smoke and don’t

want to breathe smoke when they walk

through doorways.

• Over three-quarters of Californians believe

that workplaces should have at least a 15-

foot smoke-free area around all building

entrances.

• 86.5% of Californians believe that

hospitals and medical buildings should

have smoke-free grounds.

These California cities and counties have

passed smoke-free entryway regulations:

CITY

Calexico

Davis*

Eureka

Fremont

Oakland

Palm Desert

Palo Alto

Rancho Cucamonga

Sacramento

San Bernadino

*100% smoke-free

What you can do to make doorways and Entryways Smoke-Free

Californians are beginning to speak out

against smoking near entryways. It is

impossible for children, asthmatics, the

elderly and nonsmokers to avoid smoke in

doorways. Everyone has the right to breathe

clean air when walking into a building.

To establish smoke-free entryways in

your community you can:

• Contact your town, city, and state

representatives to advocate for smoke-free

entrances. Contact information is

available at:

http://www.statelocalgov.net/ca.htm

• Start a local group to create smoke-free

areas that limit smoking at least 15 feet

from entryways, or even create smoke-free

grounds.

• Contact building owners and management

companies and let them know their

smoke-filled doorways are health risks and

create a problem of access for people with

disabilities.

• Create an area for people who smoke that

are away from the public and entryways.

American Lung Association

(A Statewide Project of the ALA-EB)

1-800-LUNG-USA

1-800-586-4872

BREATH

The California Smoke-Free

Workplaces and

Communities Program

(A Statewide Project of the

American Lung Association-EB)

(800) 622-2829

www.breath-ala.org

S.A.F.E.

Smokefree Air for Everyone

(818) 363-4220

SMOKE-FREE ENTRYWAYS

For the Health of Our Community

American Cancer Society

1-800-ACS-2345

www.cancer.org

Your Local Health Department

It is off-putting, and really doesn't belong in downtown Tracy. It is a travesty across from the Grand Theater!! The GP or Central Station Ale House as it used to be known has been there long before the Grand Theater renovation took place. The old Florentine restaurant at the mall used to have live music similar to the GP but guess what? Nobody showed up. So where is the GP supposed to

go?

I couldn't find anything in the state smoking ban on distance regulations. Think those are local ordinances of which Tracy does not have any distance restrictions.

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/smoking.html

There is so much SMOKING out front that I think it could choke you standing across the street in the foyer of the Grand Theater. And I won't go back unless they clean up the sifewalk element.

I thought maybe they were bouncers and that might be a good thing to have at a bar. But with all the smoke. I think this place stinks.

I hope they do clean it up. I would have loved to stop by after my last trip to Grand. We drove over to the mall instead.

Everyone else walking to the car with us also felt the GP didn't look too inviting. Why can't they go out back to smoke?

They shouldn't be smoking within 25 feet of that entrance according to state law. Their business could risk being shut down.

And with all that dried up hula grass I cannot for the life of me figure out why they are standing there with a lit flame.

Gracie you are so correct. The crowd outside and downstairs is just horrible. I hope they clear out that kind of crowd soon.

Monsterdad---Dead souls is awesome. That would be a good time if they came to the plate!

Call me when Dead Souls (Joy Division cover band) are in town or Going Postal reunites.

The crowd hanging outside the GP is very off-putting, and at times scary, to us "older folks"...why on earth would we want to push past all that to go listen to comedy upstairs? The GP needs to decide what it's going to do with the whole place. It is off-putting, and really doesn't belong in downtown Tracy. It is a travesty across from the Grand Theater!! The fact that they have to have "bouncers" outside on at least the weekends tells you everything you don't want to know.

my bad

No-No JimF01, good times for those with good taste and for those of us in the age group that is just slightly above average.

Here is the bands website and youtube links, sounds like good times for old guys like me

http://www.ajavu.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ajavu0