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t lC' , ,'t TODACCO: MERCHANTS 2.c t -AS''lCIATION OF THE U. S:. c WHEN' ESTABLISHED WITH MEDICAL CERTAI1NTY ?O-! -r r. l :: ::~~ c y r. , c: ;, S-LEG-70-7- FebruarY 5, 1970 -KA'N6AS' BILL W'OULD HOLD CIG;iRETTE MANUFACTURERS, A -~ CERTAIN ADI/ERTISING' AGENTS, LIABLE FOR DAMAGES' .;y, :, . .. . . If ~ , .,,~.. . s ~x9~n m57q92' ro Yr:b a0no JDc z;:i, t. . A new bi l l'~ introduced ini"Ifansas``tiy-' Represenitta_t~°ve.Jack.N. 'Turner; `'{R-GT'icklta.,r~`,;- woul!d hold' civilly liable manufacturers of cigarettes and certaiiniadvertiising agents, for damages n `•. sustained from the use of cigare,ttes "'w,henever the same shalll be establ ished wiithireason- ;° ~~ l certaint d'i bl y e me ca a , ': Fol'1'ow'ing is the' full text of this billf1'3M '' dYAtJ yc +8 H.FNv .,,A (.=1 C~~ ~ 1b1 ~e~ctidn`aa~1'' Any pe'rson` fi~rm'~ or corporaition' manufacturiing cPgarettes„ bPfu:fib as''the'same~-are defined by'K.S ']9-330U and'.amendments thereto;Tor j rz~oqsb -i '!?w,ho,,'acting as' an'agent'for the manufacturer or'person;'`fi'rm=`o'r'cor- ft!j porati''on' offerin-°cigarettes'`foi~ ~sale„` cau'se's cigaret'tes'to''6e -adve'r- ' " ' publ i'c roper for ~!'~ 1 icgi= ftiised in'~ such' a` manner as tc purport'the same'to be p ni 31bqi --~- _, .'a,nd .. encou ra. . . . . .. , ~onsump,tion ges the use ofi' c i ga re ttes by.' -huma.n .be ings „ ~:)Fg ''1`"5"ha11 wheneve:R' the''same shailll'' be' estab~l iished 'wi th' reasonable' medlical' ce:rtainty, be ci'vi'l l'y 1''iable for any damage sustained by"any tperson resulting from the use of such ci'garettes. oj _..tt. J'aW yd +=+ ~ ~ Uvlr~JYAAM ('S) ' Section 2. This act shall take effect and 'be~ i~ force"fromi`an~ 'after 8a'i'16'1 'ii? i'ts pubT iCatiori .inn the' statiutE book ~''JJl°~' i ht.lGrr I U~ 1 o y'J 9 c.i b f u oµc ~ FINK~-M'EY~ER5~0td, B'I'~LL"~RECEI~I~~ED': ~ `4~DULD~ j°`i~~ ~~'~'~ PROHIBIT ADS IN ALL MEDIA IK IWEW' YORK jt)n 2'i J~..~.f 9';IUl'Efii 6;~I r'.8B iit i'. 5~i Following is the fuTl text of New York H' 1503-S 6287, by AssemblymaniFiirrk'`and Senator Meyerson (TMA S-LEG-70-4,-6) : .t"'ou A new' section` tWenty'-four hundlred' four` is hereby''i`nser'ted •i-m such `iaw, -,~,a~J~oh Secti'ionitwenty-fouir hundred four of the `publ ic "heallthilaw S'ection 1. , X&l' 'ol4-s "fiereby"renumbered to be 'section 'twenty-four hundred f'i've,',=and a. 9fn53~ ~rI,lIrto read', as folilowS ~..,; Sec. 2404. Ci'ga~rette advertising p'rohi'bitedp l'i.''"As~"used in this sectiion, "advertise" means any statement made for the purpose of,_i'n- duciing', or whichi i's l ikley `to 'induce, directly or indirectly,',t'~he' retai l purchase of cigarettes. I't does rio't include statements made 11c, }=' up on -a''•'p'acka9e ,carton or other conta i ner for cigarettes .` n ~ 3O: C . . ,.. _. , .. .. ~ .. . ~ . .. ~- . J. . bi~: .. . ., ~. .J. ~~~'. ~: C.~..,. ~.:~ ....... J,i .. ~. ~. . j~ . , L 7 ~.;.f> ... . .. 2. No' personi, f i rm or corporat iion -shal''1 advert i se c i'garettes in th i s state by any means whatever, -i ncl'ud i ng but not ll i'm i'ted to news- papers, radio, televisi'on and billboards. ` ; 3. This section shall apply only to television and radio'advertise- ments broadcast or transmi'ttedifrom stations located in this state and to advertisemenit's in newspapers andlother publi'cations,, or to reg,ional_ed'itlons thereof, which' have their major circulation in 'this state'c 2SM, AT 2 JAA= ,31 3 T!;'P A01:1 XATT T 3 . _. ~-1 J X'f, 1- 10 T4BACC''a, MERCHANTS ASSOC'IATI'aNi aF THE U.S.290 MADISON AVENIUE, NEW Y'ORK, N.Y. 10017' 2 .4a'3~,''"; 3 2Y't1W ~ yd 3q ~fi ~ H l~n~A ~ (~tS~ i . ~ . ~ro,: EGISLA R VE E, B!ULLE'TIN +,dJaq, bnr> i..iJ_: ,jj:yi3 P,r';

~ ~'~ ~ '~I X V: L L ~lh hi'nn ukt t iic o'tinn t aY) ~o rnnctruimrl t~ nrnk St a,~ Mv' arlwnr- l ~I t i sement respect i'ng the relat i'onsh i'p betweenr"the7'use of c i garettes z; ;il",°?~~ andithe public heallth, provided that such adlvertisiing does not refer di"r-ectly""or=.iridira-tlly to any particul'ar brand of ciigarettes. 5. A violatiiqm,~?~I~iis.'."sectioh`Shalal.be punishablerby`~e fine not i'n excess of one ,~usan.d dol lars. ,`TK~1'~A VLAU.:; "~Ti!lI~1TA ~; ~"i" HTr'V! L3;,''Ji„A:12~ l l<<< See. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of September next b t od b.l u~:yr succeed inlg~ t he fdate on wh iich i t;~Ma l l.havey become', a,1'aw. C i d wart`:{Al' 29"L~uTt6l.7.i IC3' ,r2f,f39~Jba-}1i112IS1t'1' :~,/Tr6il tJ rins 2-'3j,* :'IE.CStJ Ic ?'',;;i-1u1'_%ro~.ir:i>r;1''0 i'Cjfil iY14 1'V-/7:0 g y'C( l jr,r+,: n-1 .,a ~,a _..1 , l'6;:!J lU D2It 9f'J' ~llf I 9T1lfaT?(1, ;.[}26'5 't p~f',2'r! b9121i~C~6 ~ ~ ~ ~ CI':GARETTE: AN'D' TOBACCO~ TA'XES~ RATES (1) AR I ZONA H 184 by WAYS s.MEANS t.{o i x'; ~ { r u4' srfs z; , n i w~d l( o3 Increases cigarette tax; preempts taxation of tobacco z~~~~lo, ,ld i~nc}rease xhe ci~garette tax by .3~ ,(from .T0'~ per pack,;Af. ~0 to 13!G). ~ .; The,funds co)lected'.by. this-. additionali tax on cigarettes wouild be distri'buted , , , _ . _y,tp ,incorporete~l' mun,ic'i'palities,'not later.than 15 days f,olllowing their deposit ;,.~'h. ~he s`tate,.~reasurer.,.-The revenue would be al located iin accordance with ' ' ~ f,the munic,,ipalljty sn shaire of.the state s totall populatiQn. -Any municipality ' ' i lmposing a 1oca1 ~ taxY on, cigarettes.wou'1d not be e1 igliblle to parcp'ate in ti .. the fund dlstr~ilbutiqn Phoen`i'x cuirren,t.ly, leu`i''es.a tax, gf,,.5t on each pack ~ ~; :, ~ w ~ of 20 qigarettes~rettes ~ U- , 'Li 976G!'_\' (!l'1i ' ~ 9~4 ::';a J1i•t~'S~ 4E',fJCJT (,2)' MARYLAND S 1144 by WELCOME to` Fl NANCE ~ ,,,, ~rzcreases' PZgarette ta? ,~e , t":, t -. . ~ i~a. ~~ :,2 Would increase the cigarette tax from 6t per pack of Z0 t, a,.12t.: The raise woulld be effective on July'1, 197'0. (3) WEST V I RG I N fA; H 563''.,.(',S-LEG-,7.Q-5-6)'.,IJ13f~1-:+'' a Raises cigarette tax, from, 7~ ; to-, Z2s` TI ? ; Passed't'he House i'nian amended form,. The nature of the amendment is not ~6 2"-iEl,t~fi fl i1'f." '7~i:!97:: PIS:/~:wo,l :1:Q~1, ) oelaY~aM' n1 AM) ' '' ' . ' 82 by WAY S & MEANi STAMPS ARIZONA H l (4) Pe,rrni ts def erred payment:, ,,Would al low qual'I f,ledl wholesalers and retal lers, to, defer payment for tax ~,lstamps untiil~the twentieth day ot„~he 111onth tollowimg a„purchase,,., A' bondi„ ` iin an amount equal to two and one-h'alfs ti'mes the amount o,f ,~he„monthiy stamp purchase„ would have to be furnishedl by such wholesalier or retaiile'r. The bi'1,il ~{ouid take.effect on June 30 1,970... c~. .. . ., c... ..~ .. .: ._. . _ _.. ` . . s,:~ '` . FEDERAL (5) NIARYLA'ND HJR 41 by NORMAN to WAYS & M~ANS ~c ,>,...! C'I GARETTE ~ F~ttition' to_ Federa$ goverrrrment. `.. ,- :. ;-.. ., ~ J R'eq ues ts the, Fed'e ra l governmen t to retu rn to the State one-fia l f of a ll' TAX mo ies received from Federal ci'garette taxes' collected in Maryland. •~ ~; EFFECT -~ (6) DKLAHOMA~ H 1679, by M'cCUNE to O F' TAX ' De fines e f fect o f taxati.on o f' : tobacco nroducts ~ Would revi'se Sectiion,416 of the Tobacco P'roductsy Tax' Act to dellete the w - underlined''words' ~~ ~r • r . ] r ; mo„'. .. ~: Sect.. 4Z6 ~The tax imposed by th i s"Art i,c1e sha,lll be ' in ;1'i eu of any andlall other fprms.of tax upon the sale or consumption of cigairs and tobacco products within the State of Oklahoma. tma STATE hEGI°f~Th~/E b SI n 70 l Iefir' ~ u . :3~i~ 'l ~ t ~,~.~J~~ :.~r4( ~ .- ~. ~-._.. .,i~i ~x3~ .-~gq,~-~ .l't~.~~f1>J' r ~ ~ kil'i" . , ; , . . ,.._. _ .... -r,y.,~,~. ~~ . .. . .... - . . . .. , . . ~ .