[Tman1]

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Ottawa councillors voted Thursday to start a public education campaign to get people to voluntarily stop wearing scented products, but stopped short of calling for a scents ban.

A citizens' committee on the environment submitted a proposal that the city phase in a bylaw banning people from wearing perfumes and scented products such as deodorants and soaps.

The proposal suggested starting with a public education campaign, then following with a scents ban in city buildings and later a citywide ban.

Councillors agreed Thursday to a public awareness campaign in city-owned buildings to encourage people to stop wearing scents.

They plan to review the effectiveness of the campaign in 2010 before looking at the committee's recommendations for a scents ban.

In the proposal, the environment committee argued that people have the right to breathe clean, fragrance-free air in the workplace.

But some councillors questioned whether the city should be spending money on campaigns about perfumes instead of focusing resources on other public health issues that might affect more of the population.

"But instead we're looking at whether somebody by 2010 will be allowed to wear deodorant or perfume. Just bizarre," said Coun. Rick Chiarelli, who was one of two councillors opposed to the education campaign.

Serge Morin of Environmental Advisory Committee, who presented in favour of the motion, conceded there are larger issues for the city to deal with, but that people are increasingly becoming sensitive to chemicals found in scented products.

Several places across Canada have implemented public awareness campaigns urging people to not wear fragrances to help reduce illness and discomfort by those with scent allergies or asthma.

The City of Halifax began such a program in 1996.

Others with similar programs include the universities of Toronto and Calgary, the Kingston General Hospital and several federal buildings in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.

Now people are not allowed to smell good?

[Blue_Nose]

Scent free never really caught on here, despite it's infamy. It's more strictly enforced in schools, etc, especially if there's a person with known allergies to such smells.

Maybe there could be some sort of device that measures cologne concentrations in the air (like a breathylizer), and cops could start giving tickets... I still don't see how this would be enforced, though.

[Banff]

Tman1 Tman1:

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Ottawa councillors voted Thursday to start a public education campaign to get people to voluntarily stop wearing scented products, but stopped short of calling for a scents ban.

A citizens' committee on the environment submitted a proposal that the city phase in a bylaw banning people from wearing perfumes and scented products such as deodorants and soaps.

The proposal suggested starting with a public education campaign, then following with a scents ban in city buildings and later a citywide ban.

Councillors agreed Thursday to a public awareness campaign in city-owned buildings to encourage people to stop wearing scents.

They plan to review the effectiveness of the campaign in 2010 before looking at the committee's recommendations for a scents ban.

In the proposal, the environment committee argued that people have the right to breathe clean, fragrance-free air in the workplace.

But some councillors questioned whether the city should be spending money on campaigns about perfumes instead of focusing resources on other public health issues that might affect more of the population.

"But instead we're looking at whether somebody by 2010 will be allowed to wear deodorant or perfume. Just bizarre," said Coun. Rick Chiarelli, who was one of two councillors opposed to the education campaign.

Serge Morin of Environmental Advisory Committee, who presented in favour of the motion, conceded there are larger issues for the city to deal with, but that people are increasingly becoming sensitive to chemicals found in scented products.

Several places across Canada have implemented public awareness campaigns urging people to not wear fragrances to help reduce illness and discomfort by those with scent allergies or asthma.

The City of Halifax began such a program in 1996.

Others with similar programs include the universities of Toronto and Calgary, the Kingston General Hospital and several federal buildings in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.

Now people are not allowed to smell good?

I guess its how you look at it because most people who use body scents smell horrible and when you combine that together in a crowded train bus or public place... WOW ! , although I would rather them reduce or abolish the alcohol and tobacco tax money and put it against odors . Now does that smell errr I mean sound . Any votes ?

[Tman1]

What about people with excessive BO? There are a lot of people in this world with geysers for sweat glands and unscented products don't help it out much.

In my opinion I think this is crap. What will they ban next? No more showering with Zest soap but only Lever 2000?

[Blue_Nose]

Q104 claims such people should seek the assistance of their doctors...

[Banff]

Tman1 Tman1:

What about people with excessive BO? There are a lot of people in this world with geysers for sweat glands and unscented products don't help it out much.

In my opinion I think this is crap. What will they ban next? No more showering with Zest soap but only Lever 2000?

I guess we'll have to move to saskatchewan ...ya know less BO and perfumes probably the only province where people don't stink not even the cattle or buffalo and if it they do it blows toward Calgary and Edmonton every few days with that 7000 mph SE wind

[Tman1]

Wow, I can't put on body spray because I want to smell good but at the cost of one individuals sensitive smelling....wow. Good thing I don't live in the east. If they start banning boxer shorts, I'm outta here.

[Banff]

Tman1 Tman1:

Wow, I can't put on body spray because I want to smell good but at the cost of one individuals sensitive smelling....wow. Good thing I don't live in the east. If they start banning boxer shorts, I'm outta here.

... hospitals , special care units or specific public places including elevators schools etc are already in effect even without the Ottawa legislative ban . Now if we can just dump the taxes on tobacco and transfer them over to those stinky people I suppose I could live with all the wonderful scents bodies have to offer . Maybe Ottawa can post all the chemicals on perfume packages , soaps , deodorants etc. and list the different health problems including the problems with second hand stinkyness with them to earn more hidden tax bucks to pay for our happy socialism .... Freaky Asshole politicians

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Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Q104 claims such people should seek the assistance of their doctors...

What about the people that just don't realize how foul they smell?

What about the people that have no concept of daily showers and fresh clothes each day?

Grrr...


As far as using scented products go, people just need to understand that someone 15 feet away doesn't need to smell you and if you leave a room the scent leaves with you.

[Blue_Nose]

Jeez, Tman, not sure which part of "Scent free never really caught on here" you didn't get... Like I said, the only place I've seen it enforced is in elementary/junior high schools, if there are people with serious health concerns.

But if your Red Zone body spray is more important than someone else's being able to breath, I guess we have a problem.

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Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Jeez, Tman, not sure which part of "Scent free never really caught on here" you didn't get... Like I said, the only place I've seen it enforced is in elementary/junior high schools, if there are people with serious health concerns.

True, Dalhousie has a scent free policy but no on follows it except the university. Which, if you have ever walked into the bathrooms, doesn't always mean that the university is actually scent free, merely "pleasent scent free".

But I'm glad I go to a university which prefers to make everyone suffer offensive smells, because a tiny minority might make themselves have a reaction to a chemical. Ussually through overusing it themselves.

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But if your Red Zone body spray is more important than someone else's being able to breath, I guess we have a problem.

I recall that there have been numerous studies which have established that it is a psychologically induced reaction.

[Blue_Nose]

Not sure what you mean by "the university" (probably excluding residences, I guess), but down where I am, it's still unenforced.

People can single handedly fill a whole hallway with the smell of their cologne, just by walking down it. If I can smell you five minutes after you've left, there something wrong, and I have nothing wrong with that being banned. I'm guessing that's who they're targetting. 'Pleasant' my ass.

Same goes for BO stinking people. Scents are scents, and if your smell extends past more than a five foot radius around you, it's too much.

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Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Scents are scents, and if your smell extends past more than a five foot radius around you, it's too much.

Then, why not let them know? I know I've offended many people by some very loud comments I said when the smell of perfume is overwhelming - I don't care, their smell if offensive to me (and usually to a lot of other people). Some people seem to be bathing in their cologne/perfume and I have no problem telling them that they shouldn't be doing that...

I think most people wouldn't say anything to someone wearing too much perfume/cologne because they don't want to hurt their feelings. So now, we're going to ban something to avoid hurting people's feelings? That makes so much sense!!

As for bad BO - this is one subject that I don't make any comments because I knew a few people who had problems with that. There was not much they could do, deodorant wasn't enough and taking showers every 10 minutes wasn't really an option... Some people have a natural stink to them and it's not by choice, as the twit who put too much perfume/cologne does have a choice...

Anyway, with all the money problems the city of Ottawa is having right now, I can't believe they're spending money on this

[Tman1]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Jeez, Tman, not sure which part of "Scent free never really caught on here" you didn't get... Like I said, the only place I've seen it enforced is in elementary/junior high schools, if there are people with serious health concerns.

Jeez, Blue_Nose, which part did I say I didn't get of "Scent free never really caught on here"? I was reffering to where the article was written, Ottawa. I wasn't really serious.

I've never seen it enforced anywhere I've been. Not in elementary, Junior or Senior high schools. They might now of course as things have changed in 5 or so years.

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But if your Red Zone body spray is more important than someone else's being able to breath, I guess we have a problem.

Why would "we" have a problem?

Red Zone? I use Axe.

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Just "drop" one,wait 5 sec's and quietly vanish into the crowd.