R030-1112

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 120 MANDATES: Martin OMalley, Governor of Maryland 130 Michael E. Busch, Speaker of the House of Delegates 140 Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate SPONSOR: Yi Xu, Treasurer, St. Marys College of Maryland A Resolution Concerning SMOKING DISTANCE FROM A BUILDING WHEREAS: Smoking is banned in public buildings, and; WHEREAS: Smoking near buildings still affects people who are walking in and out of the building from secondhand smoke, and; WHEREAS: Secondhand smoke kills 53,800 people around the world every year, and; WHEREAS: Keeping smokers a certain distance from public buildings will decrease the effects of secondhand smoking, and; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Maryland Student Legislature urges the Maryland General Assembly to pass legislation prohibiting smoking within 20 feet of any public building.