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<br />REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE <br />12~6Ø04. Amended on the floor 12/20/0q. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO' <br /> <br />7950-04 <br /> <br />BY· Corrigan~ Demro~ Dever~ Dunn, FitzGerald <br />Madigan, See lie. <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION to form a commission to explore the ramifications of implementing a <br />Clean Indoor Air Act to protect the health of workers and families In the City of <br />Lakewood <br /> <br />WHEREAS smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and hàs negative health <br />impacts on people at all stages of life, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS secondhand tobacco smoke is Ohio's third leading cause of preventable <br />death and harms the unborn, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and senior citizens, <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the practice of smoking has hidden costs to consumers and non-smoking <br />citizens including astronomical health care expenses and takes an untold emotional toll <br />on families and friends of those who watch users of tobacco die of terrible respiratory <br />illnesses and cancers, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS all well-designed, peer-reviewed, and truly scientific research studies that <br />use objective measures such as sales tax receipts, bankruptcies, and employment data <br />while controlling for other changes in economic conditions have concluded that laws <br />requiring bars and restaurants to be smoke-free had no impact or a positive impact on <br />sales and employment, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the Republic of ireland. along with the states of California. Connecticut, <br />Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York require all restaurants and bars to be <br />one hundred percent smoke free and Florida, Idaho, and Utah require all restaurants to <br />be one hundred percent smoke free, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS local organizations such as the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland, the <br />Center for Families and Children, the Center for Community Solutions, the Cleveland <br />Clinic Foundation, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, the Empowerment Center of <br />Greater Cleveland, University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center, Recovery Resources <br />and the Visiting Nwses Association support a Clean Indoor Air Act in the City of <br />Lakewood, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD. STATE OF OHiO: <br /> <br />Section 1. that the Lakewood City Council is hereby authorizjng a commission of nine <br />citizens, including seven members to be appointed by the body and two by the Mayor, <br />to explore the ramifications of implementing a Clean Indoor Air Act to protect the health <br />of workers and families, as well as on the. economic impact of a "no smoking" ordinance <br />on the bar and restaurant industry in the City of Lakewood, and to report such findings <br />to this body by February 22, 2005. <br /> <br />Section 2_,-lt i.s found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning <br />and relatii1g _to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this <br />Council, pnd that all such deliberation of Council and of any of its committees that <br />resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all <br />legal requirements <br /> <br />Adopted' ÌJn.,; k.- 7 (J, 200 'f <br /> <br />~~.4 <br /> <br />Preside t <br /> <br /> <br />7V17 7'4y= <br />C~ . &,/ <br /> <br />Mayor 1 ' <br /> <br />Approved'~. ~ II .JvçL( <br />