var timerID = null;
var tick = null;
var timerRunning = false;
var id = 0;
var pause = 0;
var position = 0;
var msg = "ALL ROOMS HAVE BEEN 100% SMOKE FREE SINCE 06/2008!                    ";
var newmsg = "";

addOnload(Init);

function addOnload(newFunction) {
	var oldOnload = window.onload;
	
	if (typeof oldOnload == "function") {
		window.onload = function() {
			if (oldOnload) {
				oldOnload();
			}
			newFunction();
		}
	}
	else {
		window.onload = newFunction;
	} 
}

function Init() {
  setTimeout("ticker()",100)
}

function ticker() {
//  newmsg += msg[position] ;
  newmsg += msg.substr(position,1) ;
  tick = document.getElementById('InfoSpan');
  tick.innerHTML = newmsg;
  if(position++ >= msg.length){
    position=0;
    tick.innerHTML = "&nbsp;<br />";
    newmsg = "";
  }
  id=setTimeout("ticker()",1000/10);
}

function action() {
  if(!pause) {
    clearTimeout(id);
    pause=1; 
  }
  else {
    ticker();
    pause=0;
    tick.innerHTML ="";
  }
}