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Home My WebLink About2008 022 CC RESO2008 022 CC RESOHÄ—@¸—‘4Í«RESOLUTION NO. 2008-022 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS SUPPORT OF THE COALITION FOR SMOKE-FREE LOS ANGELES PARKS WHEREAS, tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke cause death and disease and impose great social and economic costs, as evidenced by the following: secondhand smoke is responsible for an estimated 38,000 deaths among non- smokers each year in the United States, which includes 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 35,000 deaths due to heart disease;1and secondhand smoke exposure causes as many as 300,000 children in the United States under the age of 18 months to suffer lower respiratory tract infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis;2exacerbates childhood asthma; and increases the risk of acute, chronic, middle-ear infections in children;3 and the U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke;4and the California Air Resources Board has put secondhand smoke in the same category as the most toxic automotive and industrial air pollutants by categorizing it as a toxic air contaminant for which there is no safe level of exposure;5and WHEREAS, creating smokefree areas helps protect the 86% of Californians who are non-smokers;6and WHEREAS, cigarette butts pose a health threat to young children, as evidenced by the following: in 2004, American poison control centers received nearly 8,000 reports of children poisoned by the ingestion of cigarette butts;7and children who ingest cigarette butts can experience vomiting, nausea, lethargy, and gagging;8 WHEREAS, cigarette butts are a major and persistent source of litter, as evidenced by the following: it is estimated that over two billion cigarette butts are discarded every day worldwide, and that Americans alone discard more than 175 million pounds of cigarette butts every year;9 cigarette butts, made of plastic cellulose acetate, take approximately 15 years to decompose;10 and WHEREAS, state law prohibits smoking within 25 feet of playgrounds and tot lots and expressly authorizes local communities to enact additional restrictions;11 and WHEREAS, there is no Constitutional right to smoke.12 BIB] 39636-U01 2008-U02 022-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO112453-U03 DO118392-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 7/2/2008-U04 ROBIN-U04 2008 022 CC RESOHÄ—@¸—‘4Í«Resolution 2008-022 Page 2 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park resolves to support Smoke-Free Parks in Los Angeles County. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May 2008. ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss. CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LAURA M. NIETO, Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly approved and adopted b the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 7 of May, 2008 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Marlen Garcia, Monica Garcia, Ricardo Pacheco, Mayor Pro Tern Anthony J. Bejarano and Mayor Manuel Lozano NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE BIB] 39636-U01 2008-U02 022-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO112453-U03 DO118392-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 7/2/2008-U04 ROBIN-U04 2008 022 CC RESOHÄ—@¸—‘4Í«Resolution 2008-022 Page 3 Each of the authorities identified in this resolution is available on-line or may be obtained from the Coalition for Smoke-Free Los Angeles County Parks at 323-754-2122 x38 or 2057 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90047. 1 Nat'l Cancer Inst., NCI Health Information Tip Sheet for Writers: Secondhand Smoke 2005), at http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/tip-sheet-secondhand-smoke last accessed October 11, 2006). 2 U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Servs., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Targeting Tobacco Use: The Nation's Leading Cause of Death 2002, at 2 2004), available at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/aag/aag_osh.htm last accessed October 18, 2006). 3 U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Servs., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Cotinine Levels Fact Sheet 2004), available at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/environmental/factsheet_ets.htm last accessed October 18, 2006). 4 U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Servs., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General 11 2006), available at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/report/chapterl.pdf last accessed Sept. 19, 2006). 5 Cal. Air Resources Bd., Resolution 06-01, at 5 Jan. 26, 2006), available at hftp://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/ets2006/resO6Ol.pdf last accessed Oct. 6, 2006). 6 Tobacco Control Section, Cal. Dep't of Health Servs., Adult Smoking Prevalence, at 1, available at http://www.dhs.ca.gov/tobacco/documents/pubs/AdultSmokingO6.pdf last accessed October 18, 2006). 7 Am. Ass'n of Poison Control Ctr. Annual Report of the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System at 645 2004), available at http://www.aapcc.org/Annual%20Reports/04report/AJEM%20- %20AAPCC%20Annual%20Report%202004.pdf last accessed October 23, 2006). 8 U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Servs., Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ingestion of Cigarettes and Cigarette Butts by Children Rhode Island, January 1994-July 1996, MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT, 46(06), at 125-128 1997), available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046181.htm last accessed October 18, 2006). 9 Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter, Hold on to Your Butt!: Our Beaches and Streets are Not Your Ashtray, at http://www.surfridersd.org/hotyb.php last accessed October 18, 2006). 10Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter, Hold on to Your Butt!: Our Beaches and Streets are Not Your Ashtray, at http://www.surfridersd.org/hotyb.php last accessed October 18, 2006). CAL. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 104495 West 2003). 12 Technical Assistance Legal Ctr., Pub. Health Inst., There Is No Constitutional BIB] 39636-U01 2008-U02 022-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO112453-U03 DO118392-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 7/2/2008-U04 ROBIN-U04 2008 022 CC RESOHÄ—@¸—‘4Í«Resolution 2008-022 Page 4 Right to Smoke 2004), available at hftp://taic.phlaw.org/pdf-files/0051.pdf last accessed October 20, 2006). BIB] 39636-U01 2008-U02 022-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO112453-U03 DO118392-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 7/2/2008-U04 ROBIN-U04