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File #: 000314-AAAA    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: LAPSED
File created: 5/11/2000 In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places -- Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting smoking in certain public places and in the workplace, with certain exceptions, and by repealing current provisions set forth in Section 10-602 regulating smoking; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Cohen
Indexes: SMOKING
Code sections: 10-600 - Public Places-Prohibited Conduct, 10-602 - Smoking
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 000314-AAAA05, As Amended on Floor.pdf
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9/12/20024 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/20025 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.   Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/20025 CITY COUNCIL AMENDEDPass15:1 Action details Meeting details Not available
6/7/20013 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/7/20014 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/7/20014 CITY COUNCIL AMENDEDPass12:5 Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/20002 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/20003 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/20003 CITY COUNCIL AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/16/20001 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/16/20002 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/16/20002 CITY COUNCIL AMENDEDPass12:5 Action details Meeting details Not available
6/8/20001 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/8/20001 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/1/20001 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDARPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/31/20000 Committee on Public Health and Human Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/31/20000 Committee on Public Health and Human Services AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/31/20001 Committee on Public Health and Human Services REPORTED FAVORABLY   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/20000 Committee on Public Health and Human Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/20000 Committee on Public Health and Human Services AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/24/20000 Committee on Public Health and Human Services RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/11/20000 CITY COUNCIL Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/11/20000 CITY COUNCIL IntroducedPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
Title
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places -- Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting smoking in certain public places and in the workplace, with certain exceptions, and by repealing current provisions set forth in Section 10-602 regulating smoking; all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
WHEREAS, Beginning in the 1940s, the City of Philadelphia has enacted various prohibitions on smoking at numerous public facilities in order to protect the public health and welfare; and

WHEREAS, Smoking on public transit vehicles has been prohibited in the City since 1943 and was declared at that time to be a "nuisance prejudicial to the welfare and safety" of the riding public; and

WHEREAS, Smoking in certain retail stores has been prohibited since 1947, and smoking in places of public assembly with a capacity of more than 100 persons has been prohibited since 1948; and

WHEREAS, Pursuant to the City's Fire Code, smoking is prohibited at various facilities such as warehouses, stores, industrial plants, institutions and schools; and

WHEREAS, Since 1993, an Executive Order has prohibited smoking in all City-owned and City-occupied space to which the public has access; and

WHEREAS, Several recent measures have been enacted which seek to curb access to cigarettes and tobacco products by minors, including a 1995 ordinance (Bill No. 732, approved December 28, 1995) which required purchasers of tobacco products to present a photo I.D. and required warning signs about sales to minors on vending machines; and a 1998 ordinance (Bill No. 960367-A, approved June 23, 1998) which required "lock-out devices" on cigarette vending machines; and

WHEREAS, Many studies have found that tobacco is a major contributor to indoor air pollution and that breathing secondhand smoke is a cause of various diseases in non-smokers; and

WHEREAS, The U.S. Surgeon General found that separating smokers from non-smokers within the same air spac...

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