Common Council Support of Local Control over Tabacco-Related Ordinances

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BILL, NO. 98-16 RESOLUTION NO. 25 --j- y 8 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUPPORT OF LOCAL CONTROL OVER TOBACCO - RELATED ORDINANCES. V btrtHB, the South Bend Common Council has been advised that every 30 seconds a child in Indiana smokes for the first time with one -third of these children eventually dying of tobacco - related diseases and WW 485, in the state of Indiana 10,250 residents die of tobacco - caused diseases, with 420,000 Americans dying each year, and 'D btrtStf, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classified second -hand smoke as a "Group A Carcinogen "; and W69MO, second -hand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death which kills 53,000 Americans each year, and the Council has been further advised that the state of Indiana has the dubious distinction of having the second highest rate of smoking prevalence in the United States; and 'QIll VV09, based on the statistics made available, the Common Council is seriously concerned about the health hazards of tobacco use and second -hand smoke and believes that public education is necessary in this area. AOfL 3G gVdOrt, Vt It ®rba U0 by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section L The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana urges the Indiana General Assembly to restore the rights of local communities to regulate the sale, distribution and display of tobacco products lost with the passage of Senate Enrolled Act (S.E.A.) 106 in the 1996 Indiana General Assembly. Section H. The South Bend Common Council opposes the principle and practice of local preemption of tobacco- related ordinances and urges the Indiana General Assembly to protect the rights of local communities to enact and enforce tobacco - related ordinances. Section M. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, directs the City Clerk to distribute copies of this resolution to Governor Frank O'Bannon and Lieutenant Governor Joseph E. Kernan and to members of the Indiana General Assembly representing the city of South Bend as well as to the State Department of Health so that they know the position of the South Bend Common Council on this important Public Health and Safety issue. Section IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. James Aranowski, First District ,4W�- Coleman, At Large Hosinski, At Large