Ottawa Board of Health
Conseil de santé d’Ottawa
DisPOSITION 10 / SUITE À DONNER 10
Monday, February 6, 2012, 5 p.m.
le lundi 6 février
2012, 17 h
Champlain Room, 110 Laurier
Avenue West
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Contact
for the Ottawa Board of Health
Personne-ressource pour le Conseil de santé d'Ottawa :
John
Steinbachs, 613-580-2424, ext./poste 15083
UBoard Members/Membres du Conseil :
Councillor/conseillère
D. Holmes (Chair/présidente), Dr./Dr A. Kapur
(Vice-Chair/vice-président),
Councillor/conseiller D. Chernushenko, Councillor/conseiller
M. Fleury, Dr./Dre M. Fullerton, Councillor/conseillère J. Harder,
Councillor/conseillère K. Hobbs, T. Hutchinson, M. Keeley, Councillor/conseillère M. McRae, G. Richer
A. LET’S CLEAR THE AIR: A RENEWED STRATEGY FOR A SMOKE-FREE OTTAWA
PURIFIONS
L’AIR : UNE STRATÉGIE RENOUVELÉE POUR UN OTTAWA SANS FUMÉE
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1.
That the Board of Health for the City of
Ottawa Health Unit approve the following:
a)
The Ottawa Public Health's three-year Renewed
Strategy for a Smoke-Free Ottawa, as detailed in this report;
b)
That staff report to the Board of Health in
2013 on the progress on all elements of the Renewed Strategy for a Smoke-Free
Ottawa;
c)
That the Chair of the Board of Health write
letters recommending the following action on water-pipes:
i.
That the Federal Minister of Health consider
clarifying or amending the Tobacco Act and regulations to explicitly include
tobacco water-pipe products;
ii.
That the Ontario Minister of Health and
Long-term Care consider amendments to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA) and its
regulations to:
1.
broaden the scope of the legislation to
include the smoking of other weeds or substances such that the smoking of water-pipe
products would be included; and
2.
provide Tobacco Enforcement Officers with the
authority to search, seize and test product when conducting an inspection;
iii.
And that the Mayor of Ottawa be provided the
opportunity to co-sign these letters;
d)
That
the Chair of the Board of Health write a letter to the Minister of Health and
Long-Term Care recommending that access to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
be further expanded for tobacco users of community cessation providers
including hospital out-patients clinics,
university and college health services and public health units;
2. That
the Board of Health recommend that the Community and Protective Services
Committee recommend that Council approve the amendments to its By-laws to
provide for more smoke-free spaces as follows:
a) The Parks and
Facilities By-law
(By-law No. 2004-276) to prohibit smoking on all municipal properties such as
parks, beaches, sports fields and outdoor areas around City facilities, as
detailed in Document 5;
b) The Parkdale
Market By-law (By-law
No. 2008-448) and ByWard Market Program By-law (By-law No. 2008-449) to
require the holder of a stand permit to ensure smoking is not permitted in the
stand, as detailed in Document 6;
c) With respect to patios:
i.
The Public Places By-law (By-law No. 2001-148) to prohibit smoking on
an outdoor patio located on private property, as detailed in Document 7;
ii.
The Encroachment By-law (By-law No. 2003-446) to require the holder
of an encroachment permit for a patio located in the right-of-way to ensure
that smoking is not permitted on the patio, as detailed in Document 8.
3. That
the Transmittal Report to Community and Protective Services Committee and Council consist of Recommendation 2 as
approved and the sections of this report related to Recommendation 2, and that
the Board of Health approved Recommendation 1 and any related amendments as
well as the sections of the report related to Recommendation 1 be provided to
the City of Ottawa’s Community and Protective Services Committee and City
Council in an appendix to the Transmittal Report as supplementary information.
CARRIED, as amended by the following motions:
MOTION
Moved By Member McRae
That
recommendation 1c (i) be amended to add the following:
That
recommendation 1c (ii) be amended to add the following:
That
recommendation 1c be amended to add the following:
CARRIED
MOTION
Moved By Member Kapur
That
recommendation 1b be amended to add the following:
That staff report to the Board of Health by the end
of Q2 2013 on the progress on all elements of the Renewed Strategy for a
Smoke-Free Ottawa specifically including:
·
Actions taken to implement the Strategy;
·
An update on progress made to increase
smoke-free spaces in other areas as identified in the Strategy as well as
options, including further regulation, to further increase smoke-free spaces in
those areas and specifically options for expanding smoke-free spaces in Ottawa
to include entrances and doorways to public places, workplaces, and multi-unit
dwellings and;
·
A report on actions taken by other
municipalities and lessons learned from their experiences.
CARRIED
MOTION
Moved By Member Kapur
That the following recommendation be added:
4.
That
the Board of Health recommend that the Community and Protective Services
Committee recommend that Council:
a) Direct staff to work with the Real Estate Partnerships
and Development Office to ensure new leases for property leased to third
parties are smoke-free similar to other municipal properties and work to
include provisions in lease renewals and extensions that such properties become
smoke-free and report back by the end of Q2 of 2013; and
b) Recommend to any Local Board that it bring
property under its management in compliance with the bylaw.
CARRIED
MOTION
Moved By Member Kapur
That 1(c) ii be
amended by adding the following:
3. To clarify or amend the Act such that a
by-law regarding smoking will apply on sidewalks and that the words "and
the Municipal Act” be added to Recommendation 1 (c) (ii) after the word
“regulations.”
CARRIED