Title
Creating Chapter 194 of the Legislative Code entitled Smoking Policy Disclosure to require the completion of a smoking sale disclosure report for sale of units within a common interest community.
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Section 1
WHEREAS, scientific evidence has firmly established that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke from commercial tobacco products, a pollutant that causes serious illness in adults, children, and pets; and
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization has stated that there is indisputable evidence that implementing 100 percent smoke free environments is the only way to protect the population from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke; and
WHEREAS, it has been shown that building design cannot control exposure to secondhand smoke and that a building’s heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems can distribute secondhand smoke throughout a building; and
WHEREAS, it has been shown that even using best practice air sealing and ventilation improvements, airflow between units is not substantially reduced; and
WHEREAS, scientific evidence has shown that secondhand smoke residue and gases, also known as thirdhand smoke, can persist in the air and on surfaces and be detrimental to human health; and
WHEREAS, aerosol from electronic delivery devices can contain harmful substances such as nicotine and known carcinogens such as lead, formaldehyde and toluene; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of a purchaser of a unit within a multiunit building to know whether the building allows smoking, so that they can make an informed choice about their own health and safety and that of their children; and therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain:
SECTION 2
Chapter 194 titled Smoking Policy Disclosure is hereby created to read as follows:
194.01 - Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section.
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