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RESOLUTION 7301
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALO ALTO OPPOSING THE SO-CALLED
"CALIFORNIA UNIFORM TOBACCO CONTROL ACT"
INITIATIVE SPONSORED BY PHILIP MORRIS
WHEREAS, tobacco use is responsible for the deaths 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 secondhand smoke kills
an estimated 40,000 persons every year; and
WHEREAS, the State of California as well as many counties and
cities conduct aggressive public education campaigns to discourage
tobacco use, particularly among children; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto passed a smoking control
ordinance which bans smokingin workplaces and restaurants in order to
protect people against exposure to ETS; and
WHEREAS, an initiative petition, mistitled the "California
Uniform Tobacco Control Act," which is being circulated, would repeal
the local smoking control ordinance passed in the City of Palo Alto and
replace it with a statewide law which could permit smoking in every
restaurant and workplace in the State; and
WHEREAS, this initiative is being sponsored by Philip Morris,
the largest cigarette manufacturing company in the world; and
WHEREAS, the initiative is designed to prohibit local
government from ever passing any tobacco control legislation in the
future and will prohibit any organization, except local law enforcement,
from monitoring the illegal sale of cigarettes to minors through Youth
Tobacco Purchase Surveys or "sting" operations utilizing minors
attempting to purchase tobacco.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Palo Alto hereby opposes this initiative and urges all Palo Alto
residents to become fully informed about the measure before signing any
initiative petition.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: April 4, 1994
AYES: ANDERSEN, F_1ZZINO, RNISS, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER, SIMITIAN,-WHEELER
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ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT: HUBER, MCCOWN
APPROVED:
Mayor
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