HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/16/2012 - STAFF REPORTS - 2B RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
PROPOSITION 29, CALIFORNIA CANCER RESEARCH
ACT.
WHEREAS, Proposition 29 is a state ballot measure which if passed by voters in
June 2012 would save lives by preventing premature smoking-caused deaths; and
WHEREAS, more than 332,000 California high school students are current
smokers, more than 34,000 California youth start smoking every year and 3,383,000
California adults are current smokers; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 29 would increase the state's tobacco tax by $1 per
pack and according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the $1 tax increase alone
would prevent children from becoming smokers in adulthood and adult smokers in
California would quit smoking; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 29 would provide nearly $600 million annually to fund
research and make advances in the prevention, detection, treatment, causes and cures
for cancer, lung disease, heart disease, and stroke, and other tobacco-related illnesses;
and
WHEREAS, Proposition 29 would provide more than $156 million annually to the
state's existing tobacco control programs to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco,
including school based programs to reduce youth smoking; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Analyst Office analysis of Proposition 29 determined
that local governments would likely experience an annual increase in sales tax
revenues of approximately $10 million; and
WHEREAS, by providing the funding we need to keep California's anti-smoking
programs strong, we can keep our kids from smoking and give smokers the help they
need to quit; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 29 would provide $23 million annually for law
enforcement efforts to reduce illegal sales of tobacco products to minors, and other
anti-tobacco law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 29 will result in long-term health savings from reduced
smoking; and
WHEREAS, cigarette smoking and other uses of tobacco remain the leading
causes of cancer, heart disease and stroke, and lung disease in California; and
WHEREAS, 36,687 adults die annually from smoking in California.
ITEM NO.
Resolution No.
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SECTION 1. The CITY COUNCIL does hereby support Proposition 29 of 2012,
which will reduce smoking, especially among children and fund critical research to
prevent and treat cancer, heart disease and stroke, lung disease and other tobacco-
related illnesses.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to transmit a copy of this
resolution to California for a Cure.
ADOPTED THIS 16TH DAY OF MAY 2012.
David H. Ready, City Manager
ATTEST:
James Thompson, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on May 16, 2012, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
James Thompson, City Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California
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