HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.02.13 - 27119Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolutio
Co7Tfnissioner Eric Coleman
strict #23
Miscellaneous Resolution #03030
BY: Commissioner Eric Coleman, District #23
RE: Board of Commissioners - Oakland County Regulation to Control Smoking in Public
Places
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to
indoor air pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke is a cause of disease in healthy
nonsmokers, including heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and lung cancer; and
WHEREAS, secondhand smoke is particularly hazardous to elderly people, individuals with
cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and
those with obstructive disease; and
WHEREAS, children exposed to secondhand smoke have an increased risk of asthma,
respiratory infections, sudden infant death syndrome, developmental abnormalities and cancer; and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency classified secondhand
smoke as a known cause of lung cancer a "Group A" carcinogen, the environmental equivalent
of asbestos; and
WHEREAS, secondhand smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, 43 of which are cancerous,
killing over 53,000 non-smokers every year; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes the imperative to
protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of
employment; and to guarantee the right of nonsmokers to breathe smoke-free air; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognizes that the need to
breathe smoke-free air shall have priority over the desire to smoke.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby prohibit smoking in all private work sites and public places in Oakland County, but not
including bars and food service establishments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does
hereby adopt this resolution; and do hereby give immediate effect upon its passage and publication.
Resolution #03030 February 13, 2003
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.