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Ordinance to Create Subsections 7.032(1)(f)-(j), (3)(b)-(c), (4)(f), (5)(b) and (11) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Smoking Prohibition in Certain Areas.
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PART I. Subsections 7.032(1)(f)-(j), (3)(b)-(c), (4)(f), (5)(b), and (11) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis are hereby created to read as follows:
7.032 SMOKING PROHIBITION IN CERTAIN AREAS.
(1) Findings. The Common Council of the City of West Allis finds that:
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(f) The purported health benefits from electronic smoking devices have not been scientifically proven, and use of these devices has not been proven safe, either for their users or for bystanders. More than one study has concluded that exposure to vapor from electronic smoking devices may cause passive or secondhand vapor inhalation. Clinical studies about the safety and efficacy of electronic smoking devices have not been submitted to the FDA for the more than 400 brands of electronic smoking devices that are on the market, and consumers have no knowledge of whether electronic smoking devices are safe; what types of concentration of potentially harmful chemicals the products contain; and what dose of nicotine the products deliver. The World Health Organization has strongly advised consumers against the use of electronic smoking devices until they are "deemed safe and effective and of acceptable quality by a competent national regulatory body." The World Medical Association has determined that electronic smoking devices "are not comparable to scientifically-proven methods of smoking cessation" and that "neither their value as therapeutic aids for smoking cessation nor their safety as cigarette replacements is established." A study has shown that heavy exposure to electronic smoking device vapor damages DNA in cell cultures and causes genetic instability that may lead to cancer.
(g) Research indicates electronic smoking devices may lead youth to try other tobacco products....
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