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EXCERPT FROM THE RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21st REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF URBIZTONDO, PANGASINAN, HELD ON MAY 21, 2018

Ordinance Prohibiting the Smoking of Cigarettes and Vaping in All Public Places and Selling of Cigarettes to Minors within the Municipality of Urbiztondo, Pangasinan, Imposing Penalties for Violation Thereof and for Other Purposes

WHEREAS, the municipal government of Urbiztondo must act with urgency to curb the culture of smoking and tobacco consumption through comprehensive and proven effective tobacco control measures;

WHEREAS, the municipal government of Urbiztondo recognizes the fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry’s interests and public health policy, and realizes the need to be alert to and informed of any efforts by the tobacco industry to undermine or subvert tobacco control efforts;

WHEREAS, an increasing number of Filipinos die each year of tobacco-related diseases such as stroke, heart disease, and various cancers, among others;

WHEREAS, scientific evidence has shown that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke; that effective measures to protect from exposure to it requires the total elimination of smoking and tobacco smoke; and that approaches other than 100% smoke-free environments, including ventilation, air filtration and the use of designated smoking areas (whether with separate ventilation systems or not) have repeatedly been shown to be ineffective.; [sic]

WHEREAS, children usually adopts ways of adults and would benefit from positive models of non-smoking behavior and positive reinforcement of healthy lifestyle messages through exposure to smokefreesmoke-free [sic] and tobacco-free public areas.

NOW THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Sangguniang Bayan of Urbiztondo, Pangasinan, in session assembled, by virtue of the powers vested in it by law, that:

'''SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known as the “Anti-Smoking Ordinance of Urbiztondo.'''”