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EXHIBIT A Chapter 9.24 SMOKING IN PUBLIC AND WORK PLACES 9.24.010 Purposes and findings. The city council finds as follows: A. Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to indoor air pollution; and B. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that second -hand smoke is a Class A carcinogen for which there is no safe exposure level; and C. Reliable studies have shown that breathing second -hand smoke is a particular health hazard for certain population groups, including elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease; and D. Health hazards induced by breathing second -hand smoke include lung cancer, respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction, and bronchospasm; and E. Nonsmokers with allergies, respiratory diseases and those who suffer other ill effects of breathing second -hand smoke may experience a Toss of job productivity or may be forced to take periodic sick leave because of adverse reactions to same; and F. The simple separation of smokers and nonsmokers within the same airspace may reduce, but does not eliminate, the exposure of nonsmokers to second -hand smoke; and G. Numerous studies have shown that a majority of both nonsmokers and smokers desire to have restrictions on smoking in public places and places of employment; and H. A prohibition on smoking in all public parks protects children and adults from exposure to second hand smoke, ;reduces fire danger, and limits unsightly litter from cigarette butts, Accordingly, the city council fmds and declares that the purposes of this chapter are: (1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and in places of employment; (2) to help people to avoid becoming addicted, and to help people who wish to quit smoking, by limiting their unintentional exposure to smoking, tobacco products and inducements to smoke; and (3) to strike a reasonable balance between the needs of smokers and the need of nonsmokers to breathe smoke -free air, and to recognize that, where these needs conflict, the need to breathe smoke -free air shall have priority. 9.24.040 Prohibition of smoking in public places. A. Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within the city, including the following enclosed and unenclosed spaces: 1. Elevators and restrooms. 2. Buses, taxicabs and other means of public transit, and ticket, boarding and waiting areas of public transit depots. 3