<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 30-52. - Findings and purpose.</div>
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               (a)
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               Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a hazard to the public health; and
               scientific and medical evidence exists which documents this hazard including the 1992
               report of the United States Environmental Protection Agency on "Respiratory Health
               Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders," which classified ETS
               as a Class A carcinogen and as one of the few agents known to cause cancer in man;
               and the 1986 report by the United States Surgeon General and the National Research
               Council demonstrating that exposure to ETS can cause lung cancer; and the declaration
               of June 1991 by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health that ETS meets
               Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for classification as a potential
               occupational carcinogen.
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               (b)
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               Studies have found that breathing ETS is a cause of disease, including lung cancer,
               in healthy nonsmokers. At special risk are children, elderly people, individuals with
               impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway
               disease.
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               (c)
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               The purpose of these rules is to protect and promote the public health and welfare
               by regulating smoking in public places, restaurants, and places of employment to minimize
               the public's exposure to ETS. In fulfilling this purpose, this HCSCR recognizes that
               where individual needs conflict, the need to breathe smoke-free air shall have priority.
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               (Ord. of 10-12-93, Â§ II)
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