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Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation Of Businesses, Trades And Professions," by adding a section prohibiting advertising of alcohol products within a certain distance of locations frequented by children, including schools, playgrounds, recreation centers, child care centers and libraries; by making findings; and by making technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
Section 1. Legislative Findings. The Council finds that:
(a) A September 10, 2003 report entitled, Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, released by the National Academy of Sciences stated that more youth drink alcohol than smoke tobacco or use other illegal drugs;
(b) In a recent national survey on drug use, the 2002 Monitoring the Future report, almost half or 48.6% of twelfth graders reported recent alcohol use;
(c) Underage drinking plays a substantial role in the three leading causes of death among youth -- motor vehicle fatalities, suicide and homicide;
(d) According to the American Medical Association, underage drinking is a factor in nearly one-half of all teen automobile crashes, the leading cause of death among teenagers;
(e) Alcohol abuse among young people is also linked to two-thirds of all sexual assaults and date rape, and is a major factor in unprotected sex among youth, thereby increasing their risk of sexually transmitted diseases;
(f) The National Academy of Sciences estimates that the social cost of underage drinking is $53 billion;
(g) In the Philadelphia Safe and Sound Report Card 2003, substance abuse among high school youth was rated "challenging, with major obstacles;"
(h) A recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey compiled in 2001, which is based on self-reports by Philadelphia public high school students, found that 31.6% of high school youth report having had one drink in the most recent 30-day period;
(i) Research by ...
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