Smokefree protections in San Francisco might broaden—and roll again
San Francisco is at present contemplating two separate proposals that might have important impacts on smokefree air protections within the metropolis—one in a optimistic path, the opposite in a backwards path.
Be taught extra about what’s at stake, and the right way to take motion to assist smokefree areas.
👍Smokefree bar patios:
Within the optimistic path, a long-running marketing campaign would broaden smokefree protections to extra staff by ending smoking and vaping on bar patios all through town. San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition companions have been constructing consciousness and assist concerning the want for bar patios to turn into a smokefree atmosphere as a result of bar workers are among the solely staff in San Francisco who’re nonetheless having to breathe secondhand smoke on the job.
San Francisco has lengthy been a frontrunner in tobacco prevention, however has fallen behind its Bay Space friends with regards to patios. San Francisco could be in good firm by becoming a member of Oakland, San Jose, and greater than 50 different cities and counties within the Bay Space, together with greater than 120 communities across the state which have adopted these insurance policies domestically.
Second: Are you able to present public remark in assist of smokefree bar patios? In the event you’re fascinated with offering public remark on the Land Use and Transportation Committee listening to on Might 18 at 1:30pm, please contact Liz Williams at liz.williams@no-smoke.org.
👎Hashish cafés:
Within the backwards path, San Francisco might allow hashish cafés, which may enable smoking and vaping hashish indoors. San Francisco already permits hashish retailers to have a smoking lounge, and this ordinance would enable these areas to function as cafés, eating places, and leisure venues, which might considerably broaden the place hashish smoking and vaping is allowed indoors.
It’s outrageous that San Francisco may roll again smokefree office protections again to the early Nineteen Nineties, earlier than staff and patrons have been protected against secondhand smoke in hospitality workplaces. Workers on the hashish cafés could be uncovered to elevated indoor air air pollution with the intention to do their job, and these staff — plus musicians, comedians, & different entertainers who carry out there — must make the troublesome selection between their well being and their paycheck.
Present standing: On April 27, each proposals have been heard earlier than town’s Small Enterprise Fee, which sadly voted to oppose smokefree bar patios and assist hashish cafés. The subsequent step is for the proposals to have public hearings within the Land Use and Transportation Committee, and if the Committee votes to assist the proposals, they may go to the complete Board of Supervisors for approval. Smokefree bar patios are scheduled to be heard in Committee on Might 18, and the hashish cafés haven’t but been assigned a listening to date.
What’s subsequent?
We’d like you to talk up—click on right here to ship an e-mail in assist of smokefree bar patios immediately. And keep tuned for our subsequent motion alert about hashish cafes! It’s essential for the Board of Supervisors to listen to from folks about each proposals. Proper now, Supervisors are getting emails and letters from individuals who oppose smokefree bar patios, and from hashish companies who need to broaden indoor smoking. Supervisors now want to listen to from individuals who imagine all staff in San Francisco deserve a protected, wholesome, smokefree worksite—regardless of the place they work. Be part of our motion community to obtain motion alerts.
RESOURCES
Discover all of ANRF’s marijuana and smokefree air sources at no-smoke.org/smokefree-threats/marijuana-smoke/. You can too entry many extra sources on our ProAccess on-line studying platform, together with a four-part Marijuana and Smokefree Air studying module together with choose scientific recordings from our month-to-month Workplace Hours. Be taught extra at: ProAccess.
The ANR Basis is happy to share its latest useful resource, Rolling Again Smokefree Protections: Enlargement of Hashish Smoking Lounges in California. This coverage temporary evaluations the affect of the statewide legal guidelines that let indoor smoking and vaping of hashish merchandise below sure circumstances. Using information from our U.S. Tobacco Associated Legal guidelines Database© together with tales from colleagues and metropolis companions, we doc traits round what these insurance policies seem like, the place they’ve been adopted, and whether or not communities enable the meals and occasions parts of the newest statewide hashish legislation. The temporary contains a number of native examples and highlights supplies and instruments to assist advocates be extra ready for rollback makes an attempt.
