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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1179
- Referred to health
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Prohibits smoking tobacco products in and around after-school programs while in operation
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Victor M. Pichardo
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7560
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the smoking of tobacco products in or near after-school programs
Purpose
Prohibits smoking tobacco products in and around after-school programs while in operation.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the public health law by adding a new subdivision 4 to section 1399-o: Smoking shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke within one hundred feet of the entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any after-school program.
Section 2 amends the public health law by adding a new subdivision 3 to section 1399-p: The provisions of this section shall apply to after-school programs that are subject to the provisions of subdivision four of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-o of this article.
Section 3 amends the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new subdivision i: Smoking shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke within one hundred feet of the entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any after-school program.
Justification
The Clean Indoor Air Act, enacted in 2003, banned smoking in all workplaces across the State. Since 2003, smokers have been forced to smoke outside and it has been unfortunate to see many smokers consistently light up within close proximity to after-school programs.
This bill would prohibit individuals from smoking outside the entrances and exits of education institutions. This bill seeks to move smokers away from the doorways in order to protect students wishing to enter and exit educational institutions from unwanted exposure to secondhand smoke.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, secondhand smoke exposure causes acute lower respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia in young children.
Along with respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, and breathlessness among school-aged children and young adults, even brief secondhand smoke exposure can damage cells in ways that set the cancer process in motion.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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