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RESOLUTION NO. 3055
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A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF TIBURON IN SUPPORT OF
"NO ON 188" THE PHILIP MORRIS INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), or second hand smoke,
has been categorized as a cancer causing substance by the Environmental Protection
Agency, and exposure to ETS kills an estimated 53,000 persons every year, and
WHEREAS, the State of California and the County of Marin conduct
aggressive public education campaigns to discourage tobacco use, particularly among
children, and
WHEREAS, in the past several years, the County of Marin and ten Marin
towns and cities have enacted ordinances which protect the public from exposure to
ETS by banning smoking in workplaces, restaurants and indoor public places, and
reducing access to tobacco by children, and .
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WHEREAS, Proposition 188, mis-titled the "California Uniform Tobacco
Control Act", would repeal all of these Marin smoking ordinances and replace them
with a statewide law which could permit smoking in every restaurant and workplace
in the state, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 188 is being sponsored by Philip Morris, the largest
cigarette manufacturing company in the world, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 188 would prohibit local and state government from
ever passing any tobacco control legislation, or legislation limiting tobacco
advertising or access by minors, and
WHEREAS, STAMP, the Stop Tobacco Access to Minors Project, a nonprofit
organization, has, throughout Marin County, assisted enforcement and enactment
of laws restricting tobacco access by minors, and Proposition 188 would prohibit
such activities by community organizations, and
WHEREAS, the indoor ventilation standards proposed in Proposition 188
were designed to deal solely with the aesthetic impact of ETS but specifically
disclaim that they protect occupants from the health impact, and
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WHEREAS, Proposition 188 would remove the ability of county, city and town
regulatory staff to enforce state and local smoking laws, and would reserve that
ability solely to police and to CAL-OSHA, thus virtually eliminating enforcement of
such laws.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town
of Tiburon finds and declares that Proposition 188 is a cynical attempt by a large
tobacco company, under the guise of a health initiative, to mislead the electorate into
drastically weakening protection from second hand smoke for everyone in California,
and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Council ofthe Town ofTiburon
therefore declares its strong opposition to Proposition 188, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Marin County Director of Health and
Human Services is directed to inform Marin residents of the negative impact of
Proposition 188 on the community, and to communicate this resolution to the cities
and towns of Marin with an invitation for them to consider the issue.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Tiburon on October 5. -1994 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ginalski, Thayer, Wolf, Thompson, Nygren
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
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