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[(ObSCCO 3/7/T3 House )aaltJ.MGGntli rWKw lobicco and veadist machine iiriM foored « victory lily io ilMir cdbct to ztvena iht I M ctfBitttc mochiiiM ill nine —ociiica. lu induttry-promotcd bill that «ould prohiDit local eommwiitiai Im bnna.t»t U n machiaas waa ap> mood b; tha Hook Ccnntarco Zoamitteo. to tlN biU. whoae author la Rope lob MeladMnt OFL-Mapla Lake. «oold fapilaii tha laeuioii and ac- aiaiWlity of iha moehlBaa itttawida a owch tbo nna my u ortiaancas ppto vad by moco than o doaaa otb* X ftninnniiiftiaa. *»<*«<**«j Minna* paltaaadSL Fbui. to bill would probibit and overturn liatoi total bona on etamaa Yand* If fnaddMa and prohibn new bant. radar Mefacban'a bOL which now aaa to the Bouw floor, dpraita lachinaa would be baaaad flom ublie ptoaa,.with the aaaapiioii of orkpUoaa, ban and Uqnor noroa. In IfaiotaH oooiiiittad on paga I lA Cigarettes ban ar.i1 hquor itorcs. the machines «uuld have ?o be located wiJhin the view oi an employee, and cisarcitcs ^vould be dispensed only with the coniem of ih? employe*, who *ould be in charge of a remote unSocIcini device. Supporter* of Utc bill said it would Khiexe what the bans and other re- strieiioni on dpareitc nutthine* arc intended .0 do — prohibit minor* from buying cigarattaa. The bill would accomplis.h that and preserve the jobs of :00 to 300 Minnesotans who service the machines, said McEachen. “There's no doubt about it; it's a jobs blithe said. NfcEbehem cited a constituent of his in Monuccilo whose^ob involves ser- vicntg cipreue machines. “The fcmieman tuppons hit ftmily of five children.'* said MeEachcra. "Why should I take his job away from him when 1 can prevent the ule to minors?- Opponents of the bill, includinf elected oiTicials from the mumcipal* iua that have banned the machines, aid the Legitlature should not stop cofflmunities from impoaing more fcatfietive regulations than suie law, including me passage of ordinances (branouirigbi ban. -I'm asking you (the Commerce Committee) to not take away the authority of local eieciid ofliciala in our own communiiief.- aid Jerry ■rim. mayor of Whiw Bear Lake, the lira fflimidpelhy in Mtnneeeu to ben the maehinea. Todd Paulson, a council member from Brooklyn Cenur. which voted to ban the machines last week, aid the bill probnhiy would protect a lot more than IW to JOO Jobs, Reftrrlng to the health htaards said the bill would preserve jobs 'among cardiologisis. retpiraiery Uierapisuand underteken.** Critics included the sute health com- miMioner. Sister Mary Madonna Ashioi. who said smoking kills about 4.500 Minnesotans each year. Permuting local governments to ban Cigafoiic machines is a “minimum Continued from page l.\ step 10 gciting 10 that gOJi " of baving ] imcke-i'fw'e society by the year ;i;0u. ifte wid. Opponemi also aid a locking device would not eliminate cigarette ules to minors, even though an empioyee who helps a minor buy ci|areites could be found guilty of a irou mis* demeanor. They also noted that em ployees might be too ^ly to monitor the mschincs closely and cheek the ages of people buying cigarettes. Among those who testified on this point was Jordan Cushini, a 16-year* old student from South High School m MinnespoiiL Working with the Association for Nommokert-Minne* sou to test how easy it is to buy cigaretics from machines, Cushing said she has succeeded in 90 peicem of her anempu in doaent of tettiu* mnis, bars, liquor stores and gas sta* ’.ions acrou tour counties, Ih all cases, she purposely let employees know she was buying the ciiarettes. a-vd sometimes even asked Tor and received help from the employees, she said. ‘Vou have the choice of whether to sell dpretio to children or not.’ said Cushing, “becausa kids are coins to get the cigaretics if those maciiinas are still there. Any ieciu|sr esa look Older if they want la They evi act older if they want to." Joe Lutspeich. director of engineering for Automatic Pradnaa, a Sl Paul vending machinn company, dispuiad that: -Mieve me. vending maiwnes can bt controlled.... They can be aa cfTectivc u an over*tbo<ounter sal#** in stopping cigareot tales to minore. Rep, Mary Murphy, OFL-Hanaan- town. pTMosad aa amendmeai to remove the “prsampiion" clause from tha MIL so local ordinancet could bo mere tuiagsm than state law. But that •mendment was dsAst- ed li-6. Local novciiimenu would still be able to Mn the machines, but only by revolong cigvette reie licenses and outlawing the sale ofeigaretift entire ly- The Seiuie Commerce Committee , will uke up the MU Thursday.