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April 1, 2007
Chamber
Considers Smoking Ban on Redondo City Beaches
The
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of South
Bay (NCADD/SOUTH BAY) requested that the Redondo Beach
Chamber consider supporting their effort to secure a city
council ordinance which will ban smoking on all city
beaches. Currently, Redondo city beaches are the only
beaches in Los Angeles County that are not smoke-free.
We have a few concerns.
First, we need data that links banning smoking at our
beaches with any economic impacts. Secondly, we need the
Chamber’s position to be based on facts. In other words, we
need to link data, if possible, stating how many people
overall are impacted on our beaches by second-hand smoke and
how that impacts their health care costs. Thirdly, we need
to know how this ordinance will impact cleanliness at our
beaches. For example, if 3,000 cigarette butts and 1,000
pieces of other types of trash are picked up on any given
day, then how do we define an overall lack of cleanliness on
our beaches if cigarette butts impact cleanliness just as
much as other types of trash. Therefore, should the city
council also consider, for example, banning newspapers and
cans on the beach? Finally, we need to protect the rights of
people who live on their boats in the harbor. They should be
exempted from any anti-smoking ordinance.
The Chamber intends to come forward with reasonable
solutions to protect our businesses and our community from
any negative impact to an anti-smoking ordinance.
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