§ 9.10.020. Purpose and findings.

The board of supervisors of the county does find that:

A.

Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; and

B.

Reliable studies have shown that breathing side stream or secondhand smoke is a significant health hazard for certain population groups, including elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, individuals with impaired respiratory function, asthmatics, and persons with obstructive airway disease; and

C.

Health hazards induced by breathing side stream or secondhand smoke include lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction, and bronchospasm; and

D.

Nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory disease and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing side stream or secondhand smoke may experience a loss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to same; and

E.

The smoking of tobacco, or any other weed or plant, is a danger to health.

Accordingly, the purpose of this chapter is to protect and enhance the health, safety and general welfare of the public and persons employed by the county.

(Ord. 518 § l(part), 1988).