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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 081-1994RESOLUTION 81-94 OPPOSING THE CALIFORNIA UNIFORM TOBACCO CONTROL ACT - PROPOSITION 188 RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California, and this Council does hereby find, order and determine as follows: 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) has been categorized as a cancer causing substance by the Environmental Protection Agency and exposure to sidestream or second hand smoke kills an estimated 40,000 persons every year; and WHEREAS, the State of California as well as many counties and municipalities conduct public education campaigns to discourage tobacco use, particularly among children; and WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame passed smoking control ordinances in 1987 and 1993 which regulate smoking in order to protect public health; and WHEREAS, Proposition 188 would take away from the people of Burlingame and every other city their right to pass their own anti-smoking ordinance; and WHEREAS, Proposition 188 would repeal the local smoking control ordinance passed in Burlingame and replace it with a statewide law which could permit smoking in every restaurant and work place in the state; and WHEREAS, Proposition 188 is sponsored by the tobacco industry. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Burlingame opposes Proposition 188 and urges residents to vote against it. rh . p'rhe,,,,,,, ROSALIE M. O'MAHOVT, MAYOR I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the forgoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the city council held on the 17th day of October, 1994, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARRISON, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO, SPINELLI NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE