Action Alert - Tell Mayor Ballard to sign Proposal 18

City-County Council Passes Proposal 18!

Members of the City-County Council passed Proposal 18 during the full council meeting on Monday night by a vote of 19-9! Here is our response:

"Smoke Free Indy is pleased that Proposal 18 was adopted by the Indianapolis City Council. This moment is long overdue to the workers, citizens and visitors of Indianapolis. We would like to thank the council members, both past and present, who have worked diligently over the years to get us to this point. Proposal 18 isn’t perfect. We will continue to work toward the day when all workers and business customers are protected from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. However, it goes a long way in strengthening the current ordinance and offering protection to many more workers. We are joyful that the council did not weaken Proposal 18 by allowing an amendment that would allow children to be exposed to secondhand smoke in private clubs. We encourage Mayor Ballard to keep the promise he made in 2007, 2011 and most recently this past November; keep Indy moving forward and sign Proposal 18. History has been made in Indy tonight, while the whole world is watching."

It is now or never. Reach out to Mayor Ballard to let him know how you feel about Proposal 18.

Call (317.327.3601 or 317.327.4622) send a message on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MayorGregBallard, or tweet (@MayorBallard) to share your thoughts. We can't stress how important it is to reach out to him.

This is it, the final step to make Indy smoke-free. Please forward this message on to your friends, family, co-workers, everyone you know and ask them to do the same. We have only a short window of time, so we must act now!