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Staff Report for an Ordinance Adding to and Amending San Leandro Municipal Code Subsections (n), (o) and (p) of Section 4-12-105 to Include Electronic Cigarette Vapors and the Smoking of Electronic Cigarettes and Amending San Leandro Municipal Code Subsection (a) of Section 4-12-400 to Expand the Smoking Products that Individuals and Entities Cannot Knowingly Allow Individuals to Use on Property Under Their Control
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance adding and amending San Leandro Municipal Code subsections (n), (o) and (p) of section 4-12-105 to include electronic cigarette vapors and the smoking of electronic cigarettes respectively and amending San Leandro Municipal Code subsection (a) of section 4-12-400 to expand the smoking products that individuals and entities cannot knowingly allow individuals to use on property under their control.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
The City passed a smoking pollution control ordinance in 2009 that prohibited smoking in certain enclosed and unenclosed places and also created reasonable smoking distance requirements from certain locations. Additionally, the smoking pollution control ordinance placed certain duties on individuals and entities regarding smoking in an area under their control. In enacting the smoking pollution control ordinance, the City intended to discourage tobacco use, protect children from exposure to smoking, reduce the potential for children to associate smoking with a healthy lifestyle, and affirm and promote the family atmosphere of the City's public places.
Staff has observed individuals smoking electronic cigarettes in City facilities. Currently the health effects of secondhand exposure to electronic cigarette vapor are unknown. Expanding the prohibition of exposure to secondhand smoke to include smoke or vapor generated by electronic cigarettes will limit the potentially harmful effects to individuals that are exposed. ...
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