2006-01-19 - Health Commission (Board of Health) - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Board of Health
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Meeting ate: 01/19/2006
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VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE BOARD OF HEALTH
Regular Meeting
January 19, 2006
The Village of Buffalo Grove Board of Health regular meeting was called to order at 7:34 P.M. on
Thursday, January 19, 2006 in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Village Hall, 50 Raupp
Boulevard.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Commissioner Kuffel
Commissioner Stone
Commissioner Wigodner
Commissioners Absent: Chairman Heiss
Commissioner Goldberg
Commissioner Jasinski
Also Present: Brian Sheehan,Health Officer
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Com. Kuffel made a motion to approve the minutes of the Village of Buffalo Grove Board of Health
regular meeting held on Thursday,November 17,2005. Com.Wigodner seconded the motion.
Voice Vote—AYE was unanimous.
OLD BUSINESS
The Commissioners discussed the previously submitted proposal to ban smoking in public places.
Information packets were distributed regarding the issue of smoking in public places. The commissioners
discussed the issue and the previous history of the ordinance that is currently in place.
Com. Wigodner made the following motion: The Village of Buffalo Grove Board of Health recommends
that the Village Board of Trustees amend the current Village Ordinance Chapter 9.32 "Smoking in Public
Places" to include all restaurants and businesses within the Village of Buffalo Grove. The motion was
seconded by Com. Stone. There were no additional comments from the Commissioners.
Roll Call Vote: AYE—Kuffel,Wigodner, Stone.
NAY—None
ABSTAIN—None
Motion Passed 3 to 0.Findings of Fact attached.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next regularly scheduled meeting is February 16, 2006 at 7:30 p.m in the Lower level Conference
Room of the Village Hall, 50 Raupp Boulevard.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Com.Wigodner and seconded by Com.Kuffel.
Voice Vote—AYE was unanimous.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Brian Sheehan
Health Officer
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS
BOARD OF HEALTH - FINDINGS OF FACT
THE BUFFALO GROVE BOARD OF HEALTH HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
AND SECOND HAND SMOKE:
I. THE ISSUE:
The Village of Buffalo Grove Board of Health has been asked to review the issue
of smoking in public places and to provide a recommendation to the Village of Buffalo
Grove Board of Trustees regarding this issue.
II. EXHIBITS:
A. Listing of restaurants in the Village of Buffalo Grove and their current
smoking status.
B. Northwest Municipal Conference Ban of Smoking in Restaurants Survey
Dated October 2005.
C. Northwest Municipal Conference Smoking Ordinance Survey Dated August
2005.
D. Copy of the Proposed Village of Deerfield Ordinance Regulating Smoking.
E. ANR Model Ordinance.
F. OMNI Youth Voice Packet.
G. Smoking Ban information from Wikipedia.
III. FINDINGS:
A. Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to
indoor air pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke (also known as
environmental tobacco smoke) is a cause of disease in healthy nonsmokers,
including heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, and lung cancer. The
National Cancer Institute determined in 1999 that secondhand smoke is
responsible for the early deaths of up to 65,000 Americans annually. (National
Cancer Institute (NCI), "Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke: the report of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 10," Bethesda, MD: National
Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI), August 1999.)
B. The Public Health Service's National Toxicology Program (NTP) has listed
secondhand smoke as a known carcinogen. (Environmental Health
Information Service (EHIS), "Environmental tobacco smoke: first listed in the
Ninth Report on Carcinogens," U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), Public Health Service, NTP, 2000; reaffirmed by the NTP
in subsequent reports on carcinogens, 2003, 2005.)
C. A study of hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction in Helena,
Montana before, during, and after a local law eliminating smoking in
workplaces and public places was in effect, has determined that laws to
enforce smoke free workplaces and public places may be associated with a
reduction in morbidity from heart disease. (Sargent, Richard P.; Shepard,
Robert M.; Glantz, Stanton A., "Reduced incidence of admissions for
myocardial infarction associated with public smoking ban: before and after
study,"British Medical Journal 328: 977-980, April 24, 2004.)
D. The National Cancer Institute determined in 1999 that secondhand smoke is
responsible for the early deaths of 53,000 Americans annually.
E. The Public Health Service's National Toxicology Program has listed
secondhand smoke as a known carcinogen(U.S. DHHS, 2000, citing Cal.
EPA, 1997).
F. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has issued a warning that anyone at risk
for heart disease should avoid entering smoke-filled environments.
G. Secondhand smoke is particularly hazardous to elderly people, individuals
with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory
function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease.
H. Children that are exposed to secondhand smoke have been shown to have an
increased risk of asthma, respiratory infections, sudden infant death syndrome,
developmental abnormalities, and cancer. (California Environmental
Protection Agency(Cal EPA), "Health effects of exposure to environmental
tobacco smoke", Tobacco Control 6(4): 346-353, Winter, 1997.)
1. Local and state governments throughout the country have successfully passed
smoke free air laws to protect people against the harmful effects of
secondhand smoke.
J. Numerous economic analyses examining restaurant and hotel receipts and
controlling for economic variables have shown either no difference or a
positive economic impact after enactment of laws requiring workplaces to be
smoke free. Creation of smoke free workplaces is sound economic policy and
provides the maximum level of employee health and safety. (Glantz, S.A. &
Smith, L. The effect of ordinances requiring smoke free restaurants on
restaurant sales in the United States. American Journal of Public Health,
87:1687-1693, 1997; Colman, R.; Urbonas, C.M., "The economic impact of
smoke-free workplaces: an assessment for Nova Scotia, prepared for Tobacco
Control Unit,Nova Scotia Department of Health," GPI Atlantic, September
2001.)
K. The U.S. Surgeon General has determined that the simple separation of
smokers and nonsmokers within the same air space may reduce, but does not
eliminate, the exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke. (Department of
Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences oflnvoluntary
Smoking:A Report of the Surgeon General. Public Health Service, Centers for
Disease Control, 1986.)
L. The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that secondhand smoke
cannot be reduced to safe levels in businesses by high rates of ventilation. Air
cleaners, which are only capable of filtering the particulate matter and odors
in smoke, do not eliminate the known toxins in secondhand smoke.
(Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), "Indoor air facts no. 5:
environmental tobacco smoke," Washington, D.C.: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), June 1989.)
M. Local and statewide smoke free workplace laws are now in effect for
approximately 36% of the U.S. population, leaving another 64% still
unprotected from exposure to a known carcinogen. People working in or
visiting in smoke-filled hospitality settings like restaurants, bars, and
entertainment venues are especially at risk.
VI. CONCLUSION:
Accordingly, the Village of Buffalo Grove Board of Health finds that the smoking
of tobacco is a form of air pollution, a positive danger to health, and a material
public nuisance and as such should be banned in all enclosed public places.
DATED—January 19, 2006
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
BOARD OF HEALTH