2000-17 RESOLUTION NO. 2000- 17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, CREATING TOBACCO-
FREE ZONES AT CITY PARKS
WHEREAS,smoking is responsible for the premature deaths of 434,000 Americans
each year from lung cancer, heart disease, respiratory illness, and other diseases;
secondhand smoke is responsible for an additional 53,000 deaths among nonsmokers;
and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General has declared that nicotine is as addictive as
cocaine or heroin; no other addictive product or drug or cancer-causing product or drug is
sold; and
WHEREAS, more than three million minors consume more than 947 million packs
of cigarettes annually in the United States and over 29 million packs of cigarettes are sold
to Californian children annually; and
WHEREAS, nearly 90 percent of all tobacco users start well before the age of 18
and the average child smoker-started at age 13 and was smoking daily by 14 'h; and
WHEREAS, this City has a substantial interest in the health and welfare of youth
and kids, and to help role model positive behavior to the youth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, does hereby
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Richard Rollins Park, Pico Park and T.J. Austin Park in the City of
Grand Terrace are Tobacco-Free Zones. Appropriate signage will be posted,declaring the
parks a tobacco-free zone.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22"d day of June, 2000.
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May6r of the City of Grand Terrace
ATTEST:
City.Clerk of the City of rand
Terrace
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I, BRENDA STANFILL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 2000- 17 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 22"d day of June, 2000, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Garcia and Larkin; Mayor ProCTem Buchanan and Mayor
Matteson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Hilkey
ABSTAIN: None
Brenda Stanfill, City CI, k
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City Attorney
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