What is El Dorado County’s Clean Indoor Air and Health Protection Ordinance?
Clean Air and Health Protection Ordinance are part of El Dorado County Code. The board of supervisors hereby finds as follows: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that tobacco smoke is a major source of indoor air pollution, and the surgeon general’s 1986 report on the health consequences of involuntary smoking concludes that exposure to tobacco smoke places healthy nonsmokers at increased risk for developing lung cancer. Other health hazards of involuntary smoking include respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, and decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction, and brochospasm. While all members of the population are truly at increased risk due to exposure to secondhand smoke, it constitutes a special health hazard for children, the elderly and people with chronic lung disorders. The surgeon general labels smoking “the largest single preventable cause of death and disability for the U.S. population”. Employees subject to prolonged exposure
The Clean Air and Health Protection Ordinance is part of El Dorado County Code. The ordinance reads as follows: The board of supervisors hereby finds as follows: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that tobacco smoke is a major source of indoor air pollution, and the surgeon general’s 1986 report on the health consequences of involuntary smoking concludes that exposure to tobacco smoke places healthy nonsmokers at increased risk for developing lung cancer. Other health hazards of involuntary smoking include respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance, and decreased respiratory function, bronchoconstriction, and brochospasm. While all members of the population are truly at increased risk due to exposure to secondhand smoke, it constitutes a special health hazard for children, the elderly and people with chronic lung disorders. The surgeon general labels smoking “the largest single preventable cause of death and disability for the U.S. population”. Empl
