2012 Conference Executive Record Report.pdf - YMCA of Greater ...

Attorney General Judicial Review Case
Presented Friday March 9, 2012
This 2011 Bill was Passed by Assembly Freedom
STATE OF NEW YORK
YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT
BILL NUMBER AL – 37
INTRODUCED BY:
Raven Santiago, Brianna Bautista, Tia Drummond
AN ACT
TO: Prohibit the act of smoking around minors.
The People of the State of New York, represented in the
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Purpose
The purpose of our bill is to stop smoking around minors. We need this bill in New York State because a
plethora of minors die or get effected by second hand smoke.
Summary of Provisions
Second hand smoking and third-hand smoking are very dangerous. This bill will band second hand smoking with a
minor. We strongly believe that banning second hand smoking with a minor will save a lot of lives. .Second hand
smoking can be very toxic are over 4000 chemical compounds in secondhand smoke, consisting there have been of
60 have been identified as causes to cancer. The consequences that we think will be settling and fair due to the child
and parents is that the first time caught well smoking with a child is that the parent must pay $500 fine and attend
classes that understand the dangers of second hand smoking. Also if the adult charged with smoking with a minor
does not attend classes given by the Department of health and proven to a court then there license is suspended. If
caught a second time smoking with a minor present then the adult will get there license suspended, also have to pay
a $1000 fine, and is charged with child endangerment.. This bill is helping saving young life's that haven't even lived
and they shouldn't have to pay for being there when not able to have any control off what someone else is doing..
Justification
45 million people smoke in the U.S and 126 million Americans are exposed to secondhand smoke and 22
million of that are children aged 3-11 that are exposed to second-hand smoke. Between 70% and 90% of nonsmokers
in the American population, children and adults, are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke. It is estimated
that only 15% of cigarette smoke gets inhaled by the smoker. The remaining 85% lingers in the air for everyone to
breath. If a person spends more than two hours in a room where someone is smoking, the nonsmoker inhales the
equivalent of four cigarettes. Second hand smoking can cause many diseases and can affect anyone a great deal (let
alone a minor) in a health hazards way, and decreases the child's life with each breath that they take. The second
hand smoke, underage passengers are subjected to when the driver is actively smoking while operating the vehicle in
places the child at a much high risk of developing a host of repertory illnesses like pneumonia, emphysema, lung
cancer etc.
Fiscal Implications
In our bill there will be a small influx in the operational budget of the Administration for Children Services
operating budget. Due to the increase of new ACS investigations and subsequent removal. But the budgetary
increase will fail in comparison to what the state currently pays for children suffering from second hand smoke
related illnesses.
Effective Date
This bill will go into effective immediately after its passage.
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