Clean Air Saginaw

CLean Air

The purpose of the Saginaw County Clean Indoor Air Regulation is to protect the public's health and welfare by eliminating smoking in public and private worksites and public places, not including bars and restaurants. Nonsmokers who are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke suffer death rates 30% higher than that of unexposed nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is proven to cause heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema, and asthma. It is especially dangerous to children, infants, and unborn babies because their lungs are still developing. This regulation supports the need to protect Saginaw County residents from the dangers of secondhand smoke.

The Saginaw County Board of Commissioners adopted the Saginaw County Clean Indoor Air Regulation on Tuesday, April 25, 2006. The regulation, designed to eliminate the hazards of secondhand smoke in most public places, will go into effect July 24, 2006.

Resources available are:

Printed copies are available in Room 101 of the Bennie T. Woodard, Jr. Public Health Center, 1600 N. Michigan Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan.

For more information regarding the Saginaw County Clean Indoor Air Regulation, contact Environmental Health at (989) 758-3686.