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access of youth to tobacco products and to protect workers and the public from secondhand <br /> smoke in all places of employment and other public places. The major provisions of those <br /> ordinances are as follows: <br /> <br /> 1. YOUTH ACCESS RESTRICTIONS <br /> <br /> a. Prohibits the sales of tobacco products to minors (persons under 18 years of age). <br /> <br /> b. Requires retailers of tobacco products to obtain a license to sell tobacco. <br /> <br /> c. Prohibits self-service tobacco sales, and require all sales of tobacco products to <br /> be vendor-assisted, that is, have tobacco products behind the counter or in a <br /> locked case, so that a sales clerk must assist the transaction and determine the age <br /> of the customer. <br /> <br /> 2. CLEAN AIR IN PUBLIC PLACES AND PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT <br /> <br /> a. Prohibits smoking in any enclosed place of employment and public place, <br /> including, but not limited to, restaurants, bars, taverns, lobbies, elevators, <br /> meeting rooms, banks, education facilities, public transportation, retail <br /> businesses, movie or theater facilities, sports facilities, meeting rooms, health <br /> care facilities. <br /> <br /> b. Requires posting of a no smoking sign in a conspicuous location in every <br /> affected building and at the primary entrance. <br /> <br /> c. Prohibits smoking within a reasonable distance, of not less than 10 feet, of any <br /> entrance to any enclosed area where smoking is prohibited. <br /> <br /> Eugene's ordinances prohibiting smoking were nearly preempted in 2001 legislative <br /> session. HB 2828 preempted local authority to enact such ordinances, substituting a <br /> statewide workplace smoking ban (with exceptions, such as bars or taverns for example) <br /> prohibitive of stricter local ordinances. However, the City of Eugene's ordinances were <br /> grandfathered in along with the ordinances of nearly a dozen other communities enacted <br /> prior to July 1,2001. The original bill would have preempted all local bans, or some, <br /> including Eugene's. The governor's veto threat for any bill which did not exempt <br /> Eugene led to an agreement preserving Eugene's ban. <br /> <br /> Recommendations: <br /> <br /> 1. Oppose any legislation to repeal provisions of the statewide policy which <br /> preserve more prohibitive locally enacted ordinances regulating smoking in <br /> public places and places of employment. <br /> <br /> 2. Support any legislation to enact restrictions similar to Eugene's on a statewide <br /> basis. <br /> <br />City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 53 <br /> <br /> <br />