The American Lung Association recently released a report grading the state's cities and unincorporated county regions on various tobacco control policies. Here are some of the Bay Area results (the report card for all cities in Contra Costa County is attached - only one has an A).

 

City/CountyOverall tobacco controlSmoke-free outdoor airSmoke-free housingReducing sales
San FranciscoBBDA
OaklandBBBA
San JoseDDDF
BerkeleyBADA
AlbanyAABA
Union CityAAAA
PleasantonDCDD
Walnut CreekFFFF
RichmondAAAA
Mill ValleyFFDF
Unincorporated Santa ClaraAAAA
BelmontBAAF
San MateoDDFD
VallejoFFFD

 

To view the entire report, visit www.lungusa.org/california.

 

Sustainable Walnut Creek will speak briefly about this issue at the city's Parks, Recreation & Open Space Commission meeting February 7th at 7pm, along with representatives from the American Lung Association and the Contra Costa Tobacco Prevention Coalition.

 

A few recent articles from the Contra Costa Times: 

 

Proposal Would Ban Smoking at all Danville Outdoor Facilities (1/13/11)

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_17088245?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com

 

Santa Clara County Ahead of the Game! (12/08/10)

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_16932210?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com&nclick_check=1 

 

An update (#30) from the Surgeon General on Secondhand Smoke (12/27/10)

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_16812480?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com

 

If you would like to be a part of advocacy efforts in Contra Costa, please email cctobaccopreventioncoalition@gmail.com or call (925) 313-6214.

 

sotc2010_contra-costa-county.pdf

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