Full Text of HJR0075 102nd General Assembly
HJ0075 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HJ0075 | | LRB102 26604 LAW 37344 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor | 3 | | air pollution, and breathing secondhand smoke is a cause of | 4 | | disease and death, including heart disease, stroke, | 5 | | respiratory disease, lung cancer, low birth-weight babies, | 6 | | sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), increased respiratory | 7 | | infections in children, asthma in children and adults, sinus | 8 | | cancer, and breast cancer in younger, premenopausal women; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The 2006 U.S. Surgeon General report, The Health | 10 | | Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, | 11 | | estimated that exposure to secondhand smoke kills | 12 | | approximately 50,000 people in the United States annually, | 13 | | including approximately 2,000 in Illinois; there is no | 14 | | risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke; ventilation | 15 | | and other air cleaning technologies cannot completely control | 16 | | for exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke; smoke-free | 17 | | workplace policies are the only effective way to eliminate | 18 | | secondhand smoke exposure in the workplace, and evidence shows | 19 | | that smoke-free policies and laws do not have an adverse | 20 | | economic impact on the hospitality industry; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health reported | 22 | | a 28.4 percent decline in the smoking rate after the Smoke Free | 23 | | Illinois Act (the Act) was enacted in 2008 in addition to a 4.1 |
| | | HJ0075 | - 2 - | LRB102 26604 LAW 37344 r |
|
| 1 | | percent and 1.4 percent decline in the mortality rate for | 2 | | heart disease and lung cancer, respectively; the number of | 3 | | callers to the Illinois Tobacco Quitline increased | 4 | | dramatically after the Act became law from 7,255 in 2006 to | 5 | | 24,575 in 2012; in 2011, 91 percent of adults reported no | 6 | | exposure to secondhand smoke in indoor public places, and 89% | 7 | | of Illinois adults believed policies not allowing tobacco use | 8 | | in indoor or outdoor public places should be strictly | 9 | | enforced; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia | 11 | | have passed comprehensive smoke-free laws to protect people | 12 | | against the harmful effects of secondhand smoke; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Aerosol from electronic cigarettes has a high | 14 | | concentration of heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and | 15 | | ultrafine particles; the particle concentration is higher than | 16 | | in conventional tobacco cigarette smoke; exposure to fine and | 17 | | ultrafine particles may exacerbate respiratory ailments like | 18 | | asthma and constrict arteries, which could trigger a heart | 19 | | attack; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends | 21 | | that electronic cigarettes not be used indoors, especially in | 22 | | smoke-free environments, in order to minimize the risk to | 23 | | bystanders of breathing in the aerosol emitted by the devices |
| | | HJ0075 | - 3 - | LRB102 26604 LAW 37344 r |
|
| 1 | | and to avoid undermining the enforcement of smoke-free laws; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Secondhand smoke from combusted marijuana | 4 | | contains many of the same toxins, irritants, and carcinogens | 5 | | as tobacco smoke that can be breathed deeply into the lungs, | 6 | | which can cause lung irritation and asthma attacks and makes | 7 | | respiratory infections more likely; exposure to fine | 8 | | particulate matter can exacerbate health problems, especially | 9 | | for people with respiratory conditions like asthma, | 10 | | bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; research | 11 | | has shown that secondhand marijuana smoke can do as much | 12 | | damage to the heart and blood vessels as secondhand tobacco | 13 | | smoke; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, | 15 | | and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the standard setting | 16 | | body for the HVAC industry, affirms that mechanical solutions | 17 | | like ventilation cannot control for the health hazards of | 18 | | secondhand smoke, and its standard (62.1) for acceptable | 19 | | indoor air quality is based on an environment that is free from | 20 | | tobacco and marijuana smoke and secondhand aerosol from | 21 | | electronic cigarettes; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 23 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| | | HJ0075 | - 4 - | LRB102 26604 LAW 37344 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we strive to protect and | 2 | | strengthen the Smoke Free Illinois Act and urge the Illinois | 3 | | Department of Public Health to provide a data brief by 2023 on | 4 | | the impact of the Act since 2013 to commemorate the 15th | 5 | | anniversary of the Act's enactment; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | delivered to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
|
|