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- 6�_ - t __ <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER: <br /> ORDINANCE NUMBER: <br /> AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH CLEAN AIR STANDARDS FOR <br /> WORKPLACES AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN <br /> THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA <br /> The COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA does <br /> hereby find the following: <br /> The 2006 U.S. Surgeon General's Report, The Health Consequences of <br /> Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, has concluded that (1) secondhand <br /> smoke exposure causes disease and premature death in children and adults who <br /> do not smoke; (2) children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased <br /> risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), acute respiratory problems, ear <br /> infections, and asthma attacks, and that smoking by parents causes respiratory <br /> symptoms and slows lung growth in their children; (3) exposure of adults to <br /> secondhand smoke has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system <br /> and causes coronary heart disease and lung cancer; (4) there is no risk-free level <br /> of exposure to secondhand smoke; (5) establishing smoke free workplaces is the <br /> only effective way to ensure that secondhand smoke exposure does not occur in <br /> the workplace, because ventilation and other air cleaning technologies cannot <br /> completely control for exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke; and (6) <br /> evidence from peer-reviewed studies shows that smoke free policies and laws do <br /> not have an adverse economic impact on the hospitality industry. <br /> (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to <br /> Tobacco Smoke:A Report of the Surgeon General. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health <br /> Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health,2906.) <br /> According to the 2010 U.S. Surgeon General's Report, How Tobacco Smoke <br /> Causes Disease, even occasional exposure to secondhand smoke is harmful <br /> and low levels of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke lead to a rapid and <br /> sharp increase in dysfunction and inflammation of the lining of the blood vessels, <br /> which are implicated in heart attacks and stroke. <br /> (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease:The Biology and <br /> Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease:A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta,GA: U.S. <br /> Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for <br /> Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010.) <br /> Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to <br /> indoor air pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke (also known as <br /> environmental tobacco smoke) is a cause of disease in healthy nonsmokers, <br /> including heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, and lung cancer. The <br /> National Cancer Institute determined in 1999 that secondhand smoke is <br /> responsible for the early deaths of approximately 53,000 Americans annually. <br /> (National Cancer Institute(NCI), "Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke:the report of <br /> the California Environmental Protection Agency. Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 10," Bethesda, <br /> MD:National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute(NCI),August 1999.) <br /> The Public Health Service's National Toxicology Program (NTP) has listed <br /> secondhand smoke as a known carcinogen. <br /> 06/46/2012 1 of 15 9:16 AM <br />