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10{fiFflad V ~ _V Mt ( ~ t~p lF~i'f r el,i,: f!s'~ ' Oregon State Health Division Manager•Environmental Health Systems 1400 S.W. 5th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97201 229-5954 • Your county Health Department ' Oregon Lung Association Bend 382-LUNG Portland 2245145 Medford 772-4466 Eugene 343-LUNG Other Oregon laws which restrict smoking: O.R.S. 441.815, hospital rooms O.R.S. 243.350, state employ- ment O.R.S. 192.710, public meetings O.R.S. 479.015, elevators O.A.R.-P.U.C. 860-.65-095, buses Oregon Lung Association -/~- P.O. Box 115 Pnrt 1;mnr1' 017 (377f17 THE OREC: -.)n INDOOR CLEAN AIR ACT AND 'YOti AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAW AND THE RULES FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION A Public Service PubliEetion of the Oregon Lung I\ssocle_tton t The Christmas Seat' People 10 0 I - ------ - -----

a Some of the first evidence of the adverse effects of breathing se- cond hand smoke appeared in the 1972 Surgeon General's Report, "The Health Consequences of Smoking." Since that time con-y siderabiy more information has been gathered to support the premise that such involuntary smoking is hazardous to, people with pre-existing respiratory and heart conditions. The most r-ecent studies have gone on to show that this smoke is also harmful to nor•y maliy healthy individuals. The Oregon Legislature respond• ed to this public health ith issue in 1981 by passing the Oregon regon In- door Clean Air Act (S.B. 370). The law, which went into effect in July 1983, is designed to protect the public health, ith, comfort and en• vironment by prohibiting smoking in public places, except in designated areas. The effectiveness of this or any other law depends largely on public awareness and support. By becoming familiar with your rights and responsibilities under the law and by acting on that knowledge, you can do a great deal to bring about satisfactory compliance with its provisions. < EE9V89~%Oz The law states that, "No -person shall smoke or carry any Ilghted Instrument In a public place ex- cept In areas designated as smok- Ing areas. ,. ." This includes cigars, pipes, cigarettes or other smoking in- struments. Most public places should now be thought of as off limits to all smolk ing, unless otherwise designated. There are some exceptions to this: 1. Restaurants seating under 30. 2. Cocktail lounges and taverns. 3. Enclosed offices occupiGd exElusively by smokers. 4. Private social functions where seating ar• ranyemenis are under the control oCthe snorrtnr: 5. Retail businesses engaged primarily in the sale of tobacco products. 6. Restaurants meeting mechanical echanicai air filtration standards. Those public places affected by the law may designate some area within their premises where smoking Is aiiowed, but except for the above ex- emptions, no place can be entirely a smoking area. Public places do not have to provide smoking areas. Smoking permitted areas cannot be established In places where smoking is already prohibited by the Fire Mar= shal or by other law, ordinance or regulation. The recommended procedure to follow when you feel that someone is smoking outside the smoking permit- ted area or when a public place does not have the proper smoking and no smoking sections, is to contact the proprietor, manager, supervisor or other person in charge and let them know why you feel the law is not be- ing followed. Discuss your concerns in a calm reasonable manner. if the person you have spoken to has not given you a satisfactory response or if you discover at a later date that the changes they promised have not been imptemented, you may file a written complaint with the Oregon State Health Department or r local Health Department. If the Health Department determines that the place In question Is not In com- pllance with the law. It will take the necessary steps to correct the situation. It Is critical that several Items be in• cluded in your complaint letter. 1. Your name, address and telephone number (this is to be kept confidential). 2. The name and address of the per- son or public place against whom/which you have a com- plaint. 3. The name or names of the peo- ple you talked to and a brief sum- mary of the nature of your com- piaint. 4. The date of the inc-ident..: f