ORDINANCE 366
PROHIBITING SMOKING IN ALL WORKPLACES AND PUBLIC PLACES
(100% SMOKEFREE)
Sec. 1000. Title
This Article shall be known as the City of Louisville, Mississippi Smokefree Air Ordinance of 2014.
Sec. 1001. Findings and Intent
The City of Louisville, Mississippi does hereby find that:
The 2010 United States Surgeon General’s Report, How Tobacco Cause Disease concluded: (1) Low levels of secondhand smoke exposure lead to a rapid and sharp increase in dysfunction and inflammation of the lining of the blood vessels, which are implicated in heart attack and stroke; (2) When inhaling secondhand cigarette smoke, individuals breathe in more than seven thousand (7,000) chemicals, hundreds of which are hazardous and known to cause cancer. These chemicals are rapidly absorbed by cells in the body and produce disease-causing cellular change. (3) There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.