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AcCToEuunnciril . ! V6 s '• 3 Pro vided rti o u nfiAe n Ca©iy Packet Date 20-17-Y© AB IERICAN J-,i AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA LUNG �5 333 HEGENBERGER ROAD, SUITE 450, OAKLAND, CA 94621 ASSOCIATION. - phone: 510.638.5864 I fax: 510.638.8984 LLD 61GU FOLIC E.ORG June 20, 2017 Board of Directors David Pogue The Honorable Jerry Thorne and Members of the Pleasanton City Council Chair 123 Main St. Pleasanton, CA 94566 Mark Johnson Vice-Chair Re: Pleasanton smokefree multi-unit housing policy Stephen Legg Treasurer Dear Mayor Thorne and Pleasanton Council Members: David Cooke,MD The American Lung Association in California is the leading public health organization Secretary fighting for clean and healthy air.With a mission of saving lives by improving lung health Susan Griffin and preventing lung disease,the Lung Association strongly supports measures to protect Immediate Past Chair people from drifting secondhand smoke in the places they should feel the most safe,their own homes.We believe that everyone has a right to breathe clean and healthy air, Cheryl Calhoun especially where they live. Stephen O'Kane Steve Cramer According to the U.S. Surgeon General,there is no risk-free level of exposure to Afif El-Hasan,MD secondhand smoke. In 2006,the California Air Resources Board classified secondhand Natalie Germuska smoke as a "Toxic Air Contaminant" in the same category as asbestos, cyanide and arsenic - Billy Kim all of which can lead to serious illness and death. Nonsmoking residents of multi-unit David Madsen housing complexes who choose to make their units smokefree may still be exposed to Debbie Newman secondhand smoke that infiltrates their units from other units or common areas, potentially Sue Padernacht endangering their health. Lynn Paquin Mary Strenn While many Californians have made the choice to not allow smoking inside their homes, Kristi VandenBosch many living in apartments and condominiums are still exposed to drifting toxic secondhand smoke. More than one in three nonsmokers who live in rental housing are still exposed to secondhand smoke, which drifts from neighboring units, patios, balconies and common areas into nonsmokers' units through open windows, doors and shared ventilation systems. Olivia Gertz By prohibiting smoking in 100%of units, including patios and balconies along with common President and areas, and ensuring that all residents are aware of these rules, Pleasanton can protect Chief Executive Officer residents from the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke,joining over 50 other cities and counties in California who have already done so. Each year the American Lung Association in California releases a local State of Tobacco Control Report which grades local cities and counties on their local tobacco control laws. Sadly, Pleasanton received a D in the 2017 report in the category of Smokefree Housing. Visit lung.org/ealifornia 0 0 O@Caiiforniaiung ®Amm erican lung Associaf of Californ ia