City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0289R

• File #: 16-0289R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for Federal Action - Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 2/8/2016
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Title: Request for Federal Action - Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing FOR the purpose of calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enact the proposed rule Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing requiring each public housing agency administering public housing to implement a smoke-free policy.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Young, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, Bill Henry, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Public Housing, Request for State Action, Smoke-Free

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/11/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
2/8/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
2/8/2016	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for Federal Action - Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing
FOR the purpose of calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enact the proposed rule Instituting Smoke-Free Public Housing requiring each public housing agency administering public housing to implement a smoke-free policy.
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Recitals

The 2006 U.S. Surgeon General?s Report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, has concluded that (1) secondhand smoke exposure causes disease and premature death in children and adults who do not smoke; (2) children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), acute respiratory problems, ear infections, and asthma attacks, and that exposure to smoke slows lung growth in children; (3) exposure of adults to secondhand smoke has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease and lung cancer; and (4) there is no riskfree level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Research reviewed in the Surgeon General?s Report indicates that smoke-free policies are the most economic and effective approach for providing protection from exposure to secondhand smoke.

Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke (also known as environmental ...