Full Text of SR0318 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, There are 7,000 chemicals in secondhand smoke, | 3 | | hundreds of which are toxic and 70 of
which are known to cause | 4 | | cancer; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Exposure to secondhand smoke has an immediate | 6 | | adverse impact on the cardiovascular
system, damaging blood | 7 | | vessels, increasing the likelihood of clots, heart attacks, and | 8 | | strokes; it increases the risk of emphysema, lung cancer, and | 9 | | other chronic
diseases and causes premature death in children | 10 | | and adults who do not smoke; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Tobacco use is responsible for 18,300 deaths in | 12 | | Illinois annually, including most lung
cancer deaths; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Each year, the State of Illinois spends $5.49 | 14 | | billion on health care costs for tobacco-related
illnesses and | 15 | | has to manage a Medicaid burden of $1.9 billion; these health | 16 | | and economic costs are shared by every Illinois resident, | 17 | | regardless of
whether or not they smoke; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Proactive tobacco control policies can save lives | 19 | | and dollars; grassroots volunteers in Illinois worked for more | 20 | | than 30 years to pass legislation to
reduce the harmful effects | 21 | | of smoking and secondhand smoke; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The 95th Illinois General Assembly passed Senate | 2 | | Bill 500 - the Smoke Free Illinois Act, prohibiting smoking in | 3 | | all workplaces and public places, including bars and | 4 | | restaurants on March 29, 2007; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Since the passage of the Smoke Free Illinois Act, | 6 | | there has been a nearly 20.5% decrease in hospitalizations from | 7 | | asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and | 8 | | acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) among
Illinois | 9 | | adults; the drop in asthma and heart attacks has resulted in | 10 | | savings of more than $1 billion
for Illinois; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The adult smoking rate in Illinois in 2007 was | 12 | | 20.7%; as of 2017, the rate has fallen to 15.l%;
the 2007 high | 13 | | school smoking rate was 21.7%; as of 2017, the rate has fallen | 14 | | to 15.1%;
the 2007 middle school smoking rate was 8.8%; as of | 15 | | 2017, the rate has fallen to 2%; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Illinois children are growing up in a smoke-free | 17 | | public indoor environment, and do not
remember, or have never | 18 | | heard the question "do you want to sit in the smoking or | 19 | | non-smoking
section"; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare March 29, |
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| 1 | | 2017 as "Smoke-Free Illinois Day" in recognition of the | 2 | | improved health benefits by Illinois going smoke-free ten years | 3 | | ago; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the American Lung Association as a symbol of our | 6 | | respect and esteem.
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