HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-054 RESOLUTION NO. 10-054
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14, 2010
THROUGH FEBRUARY 20, 2010 AS "THROUGH WITH CHEW
WEEK"AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 AS THE DAY OF THE
"GREAT AMERICAN SPIT-OUT" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. The St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners are concerned about the
health and welfare of the citizens of this County.
2. The rate of spit tobacco usage reported during a 30-day period in St. Lucie County
is as great as 6.3 percent among high school students.
3. The rate of spit tobacco usage reported by Florida high school students is 6.0
percent.
4. People who consume eight to ten dips or chews per day receive the same amount
of nicotine as a heavy smoker who smokes 30-40 cigarettes a day.
5. Spit tobacco contains 28 known carcinogens including formaldehyde, nickel,
polonium-210 (aradio-active compound) and can contain upto 100timesthe level of nitrosamines
lawfully permitted in regulated products like bacon or fish.
6. Spittobacco users are uptofiftytimes more likelyto get oral cancerthannon-users.
7. Spit tobacco increases a person's risk of cancers of the lip, tongue, cheeks, gums,
floor and roof of the mouth, throat, larynx, and esophagus.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby designate February 14-20, 2010 as "Through with Chew
Week" and Thursday, February 18, 2010 as the day of the "Great American Spit-Out" in St. Lucie
County, Florida.
2. This Board urgesthe citizens of St. Lucie Countyto make publicly known the dangers
of spit-tobacco use and urge spit tobacco users to demonstrate to themselves, their friends and
their families that they can quit for the day of the Great American Spit-Out.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 9th day of February 2010.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE CO ~JNTY,'FLORIDA
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