§ 754-1. Legislative intent and purpose.

A. 

This Legislature hereby finds that the effects of secondary and tertiary smoke generated by the smoking of cigars, cigarettes, pipes and similar articles pose a threat to the health, safety and well-being of the citizens of Suffolk County who do not smoke.

B. 

This Legislature further finds that the Surgeon General's 1984 report on smoking hazards, for the first time linking high levels of involuntary smoke exposure to reduced breathing ability in passive smokers, buttresses the need to provide more protection to nonsmokers in public settings.

C. 

Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to place reasonable limitations on smoking within the County of Suffolk while striking a balance between the health needs of all nonsmoking individuals, the rights of smokers and the imposition of regulatory burdens on business.