The city council finds that the smoking of tobacco, or any other weed or plant, is
a positive danger to health and a material annoyance, inconvenience, discomfort and
a health hazard to those who are present in confined spaces, and that smoking rates
are on the increase among the youth population of Los Angeles County. In addition,
the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have concluded
that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and heart disease in healthy nonsmokers.
In order to promote public health, safety and welfare, the declared purposes of this
chapter are to prohibit the smoking of tobacco, or any weed or plant, in public places
and places of employment, to protect the public health by restricting public exposure
to secondhand smoke, and to restrict youth access to tobacco products, as stated and
required in this chapter.
(Ord. 6757 § 3, 1998: Ord. 6548 § 2 (part), 1993)
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