The resolution calls for increased "education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level," to combat pornography, because it is "leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms."

(Salt Lake City, UT)—In an unprecedented move, Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert will sign two measures declaring pornography a "public health hazard" and promise to combat the "sexually toxic environment" it creates. (Photo: Stock Photo/via Gospel Herald)

According to CNN, Herbert is expected to make one resolution and one bill law Tuesday morning after the measures passed the state's legislature earlier this year ... It cites "detrimental effects" on XXX users including biological addiction, changes in brain development, emotional illnesses and difficulty maintaining relationships.

The resolution also says pornography "equates violence toward women and children with sex and pain with pleasure, which increases the demand for sex trafficking, prostitution, child sexual abuse images, and child pornography."

USA Today notes that the resolution was introduced by Republican state Senator Todd Weiler in January 2015, to battle the "pornography epidemic harming" the state and the country; a Harvard Business School professor's 2009 study found that Utah state was the No. 1 buyer of adult films... 

Jon Cox, spokesman for the Republican governor, said the point of the resolution is to raise awareness and education. "We want Utah youths to understand the addictive habits" of porn that are "harmful to our society." 

The move has been praised by a number groups, including the Utah Coalition Against Pornography, who on its Facebook page encouraged people to head to the Capitol and "celebrate and recognize this historic moment!"

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