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6. 1. E. - Page 28 CONCLUSION Undoubtedly, progress has been made through these ordinances to protect MUH residents by giving them clear, legal rights to seek protection from the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure. At present, the County and eight of its twenty cities have passed MUH smoking ordinances covering 82 percent of the county's multiunit households. However, it is difficult to determine the impact that MUH smoking ordinances have made because the TPP, which could consolidate complaints data across the jurisdictions and look for trend information, has reported only limited success in obtaining such data from jurisdictions. Further, not all jurisdictions with MUH smoking ordinances interviewed by the Grand Jury systematically compile complaints data. As a result, decisions on how best to increase compliance with and enforce the ordinances can be difficult to make. The Tobacco Prevention Program and Tobacco Education Coalition can support compliance by providing signage with a phone number to report violations and reaching out to residents to explain their rights and obligations under the ordinances, as well as assisting jurisdictions with efforts to analyze complaints data. FINDINGS Fl: Since 1967, exposure to secondhand smoke has killed approximately 2.5 million nonsmokers of all ages in the United States. F2: Enforcement officers report that their primary focus when responding to MUH smoking violation complaints is to educate alleged smokers regarding the requirements of the smoking ordinances, and that most alleged smokers report being unfamiliar with the requirements of the ordinance. F3: The Belmont, Brisbane, Daly City, Redwood City, San Bruno, and the County of San Mateo MUH smoking ordinances expressly prohibit retaliation against individuals who report a violation; however, the MUH smoking ordinances for Burlingame, Foster City, the City of San Mateo, and South San Francisco do not. F4: Searches for "smoking" or "smoke" using the website search tool for Burlingame and Daly City 81 do not yield any information regarding their MUH smoking ordinances, whereas the search tools for each of the other jurisdictions with MUH smoking ordinances do. (See Website Content Table below, column F4.) 81 City of Burlingame website, accessed June 7, 2018. <hqp://burlin a�g> City of Daly City website, accessed June 7, 2018. <http://www.dal3 city.org> 2017-2018 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 14