HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 110-94 OpposeProp188-TobacRESOLUTION NO. 110 - 94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
OPPOSING PROPOSITION 188
"CALIFORNIA UNIFORM TOBACCO CONTROL ACT"
WHEREAS, tobacco use is responsible for the death of over 400,000 people every year
and is the number one cause of death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), or second hand smoke, has been
categorized as a cancer causing substance by the Environmental Protection Agency with.
exposure to ETS killing an estimated 40,000 persons every year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin passed a smoking control ordinance in 1993 which bans
smoking in restaurants and workplaces in order to protect people against exposure to ETS; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 188, mistitled the "California Uniform Tobacco Control Act"
would repeal the local smoking control ordinance passed in the City of Dublin and replace it
with a state wide law which could permit smoking in every restaurant and workplace in the
State; and
WHEREAS, over 60% of the population of California lives in cities and counties which
have tougher tobacco controls than contained in Proposition 188, and would stiffer reduced
protection from ETS if Proposition 188 passes; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 188 is being sponsored by Philip Morris, the largest cigarette
manufacturing company in the world; and
WHEREAS, the ventilation standards proposed in Proposition 188 for application to
indoor smoking will remove the odor of smoke from the air, but not the cancer causing
substances which pose a threat to public health.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin will
take imn~tediate steps to inform the residents of the negative impact of Proposition 188 on the
community.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of October, 1994.
AYES:
Councilmembers Houston, Howard, and Mayor Snyder
NOES: None
ABSENT:
ATTEST:EST~~~~
Councilmembers Burton and Moffatt
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