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<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 /> <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 /> <br />Recommendations: <br />City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2007 Session <br />With IGR Mtg 10/17 and 10/26 Amendments C:\Documents and Settings\ceexelf\Local Settings\Temporary Internet <br />Files\OLK10B\LegPol2007Sesxx1.doc <br />Updated on: 11/6/2006 By: Last saved by ceexmfw <br /> 72 <br /> <br />