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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 199~
SUBJECT:
Resolution in support of the American Cancer Society's Great
American Smokeout
Report Prepared by: Steve Honse, Administrative Assistant
1. / Proposed resolution in support of the American Cancer
Society's Great American Smokeout
2. / Great American Smokeout fact sheet
RECOMMENDATION: ~ Adopt resolution
EXHmITS A TT ACHED:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
The Great American Smokeout is an annual event sponsored by the American Cancer Society. The
e purpose of the event is to encourage all tobacco users to abstain from the use of tobacco products for 24
. hours. The rational is that once smokers realize that they. can quit for 24 hours, they may quit forever.
The year's Smokeout is on Thursday, November 16 and will be the event's 19th consecutive year.
Historically, the Smokeout has been upbeat and good-natured. Smokers are encouraged to refrain from
tobacco use, but the event seeks to avoid the confrontational aspects of tobacco issues (i.e. the rights of
smokers verses the rights of non-smokers). Those who choose to participate are encouraged and
supported.
There is a multitude of harms caused by smoking. The harm to the health of the smoker is well known.
There is strong evidence that second-hand smoke has the potential to cause serious illness as well as
discomfort to non-smokers. Additionally, cigarette smoking causes a significant number of accidental fires.
To the extent that smoking can be limited, the City of Dublin experiences a benefit
The Smokeout has proven to be an effective method to discourage smoking by emphasizing the benefits of
quitting smoking and by avoiding confrontation. If the City Council desires to support efforts to reduce
smoking, support of the Smokeout is perhaps the best expression of that desire.
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RESOLUTION NO. - 95
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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Supporting the American Cancer Society's
Great American Smokeout
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout encourages smokers to
give up their habit for 24 hours on Thursday, November 16, 1995; and
WHEREAS, for 18 consecutive years, millions of smokers, including many in the City of Dublin,
have participated in this event; and
WHEREAS, the health benefits of not smoking are substantiated and well known; and
WHEREAS, there are additional civic benefits, such as a reduction of the risks of accidental fires
and illnesses related to secondhand smoke;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Dublin does hereby proclaim Thursday,
November 16,1995 as "THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S GREAT AMERICAN
SMOKEOUT" in the City of Dublin and urge all smokers and smokeless tobacco users in the
community to demonstrate to themselves and their friends that they can quit, if they wish, by
joining the American Cancer Society's 19th annual Great American Smokeout
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _ day of
,1995.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
A TrEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT 1
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THE HISTORY
The term "Smokcout" was acroally coined by Arthur P. Mullaney in 1971. He created an event in Randolph, Massachu-
setts, which asked people to give up cigarettes for a day and donate the money to a high-school scholarship fund. In
1974, Lynn R Smith, editor of the Montecello Tunes in Minnesota, spearheaded the state's first D-Day, or Do~t_ Smoke
Day. It spread like wildfire through Minnesota, and, in 1976, it blazed west to California where it was renamed the
"Great American Smokeout". In 1977, Smokeout was observed nationwide for the first: time.
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An upbeat, good-natured effort sponsored by the American Cancer Society to encourage smokers to give up
cigarettes for 24 hours and to promote smokefree environnments. In recent years, activities have expanded
to encourage young people not to use toba<..'CO and to promote smokefree environments.
The Smokeout's primary focus is on cigarette smokers and, secondarily, on smokeless tobacco users. More
recently the Smokeout has also provided an opportunity to encourage young people not to use tobacco.
Nonsmokers can join in the fun by "adopting" family members, mends and co-workers who use tobacco
and encouraging them to quit and by encouraging worksites, restaurants and other public places to go
smokefree for the day.
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Each year on the third Thursday in November.
H smokers and other tobacco users find they can quit for 24 hours, they may quit forever.
Rallies, parades, walks/runs, contests/ skits, fairs, parties - any light hearted activity designed to keep
tobacco users away from tobacco, encourage kids not to use tobacco, and promote smokefree environments.
Contact your local American Cancer Society for Quit kits, posters, buttons, T-shirts, literature, a Teacher's
Kit, ideas and encouragement.
YOUfH AND TOBACCO
Smoking ~ A Childhood Disease
~ Each day, more than 3,000 American teenagers start smoking. Each day, more than 200 Califomia
teenagers become smokers.
I!:ii" Since all first use of cigarettes occurs before high school graduation, if adolescents can be kept tobacco-free,
most will never start using tobacco.
~ An estimated 9 million children bre~the secondhand smoke regularly.
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Oilldren of smokers are more susceptible to ear infections, colds and other upper-respiratory infections.
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~ Exposure to secondhand smoke puts children at increased risk of developing lung cancer in later life.
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