From the Texas Tribune:
Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor who was instrumental in creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas…is now pushing smoke-free workplace bills in the Legislature.
Excerpts of his conversation with Editor Evan Smith:
8:22 a.m. by Emily Ramshaw
Smith asks about Armstrong’s smoke-free push, which has struggled in past sessions.
Armstrong: You sholud’ve been on the Altria website. They’re smart and they have deep pockets. Their argument in Texas is it’s peoples’ rights to smoke. That we’re stepping on their rights.8:22 a.m. by Emily Ramshaw
Armstrong: “When you are jeopardizing the life and health of other people around you, you lose your rights.”
Armstrong’s comments on smoke-free legislation:
8:24 a.m. by Emily Ramshaw
Armstrong: “It will pass. It’s only a question of when. This is the most momentum we’ve had. We’ve tried a few times. This is the best chance we have so far.” Armstrong says Dublin, Paris are smoke-free. “If they can do it, why the hell can’t we do it?”
Read a transcript of the full conversation on the Texas Tribune site: here.
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