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TI19810313

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1987 Status Report State Legislatic~l cal Major T~bacco Issues proposed in 28 states, passed in seve~: 8.9-cent increase, to 18 cents, effective 4/1/87 5-cent increase, to 15.5 cents, effective 7/1/87 15-cent increase, to 38 cents, effective 6/1/87 4-cent increase, to 27 cents, effective 7/1/87 6-cent and 3-cent increases, to 27 cents, effective 7/I/87 5-cent increase, to 23 cents, effective 6/1/87 11-cent increase, to 23 cents, effective 4/27/87 # draft 5.5, 8, 10 cents Ohio 4, 5 cents Californi~ 15, 25 cents Ore~m i, 10 cents ~tts 1 cent Pe~n~vlv~a 2 cents 4, 8 cents ~ ' replace wi~ MiSsouri 8 cents ~ &d ~-alor~-/ S~w ae~ 1 c~t ] ~~ 3, 5 c~ts~ie~ally, ~ York 3 cents ~ ~ ~or~ rate ~ ~~s ~ ~ ce~ ~ ~s s: ~~ ~'1 1-~r~n~ ~ / ~ ~re 1 cent ~i ~c, d~le ~es t~ ~ ~ ~~ I, 2, 3, i0 cents I~ I0 cents ~~ ~o~ 4, 5 cents ~i~i~i 1 cent "~st ~r~a 3, 5 cents, replace ~~ 1, 4, 5, 10 cents 2~rcent ~ ~orem ~ or _increased O~P taxes have ~een r in 24 states, . in five: I~)IAN~ new 15 percent tax on all OTP, effective 7/1/87 m~sures are Alaska California Illinois ~sin Missouri new tax ) states: Dklah~ma increase from 25 to 35 percent on all OTP, effective 6/1/87 new 15 percent tax on all OTP, effective 1/1/88 increase from 11 to 20 percent on all OTP, effective 7/1/87 draft increase New Jersey new- smokeless new tax New York new - smokeless new tax n~_4~ new tax increase Hawaii increase I~wa increase South Carolina Mississippi increase South Dakota Montana increase Washington New Hampshire new tax West Virginia increase increase new tax increase new tax An O~P tax reduct/cn has been enacted in DELAWARE, 30 percent cut to 15 percent. A bill to repeal the tax entirely is pending. Two states have passed bills applying sales tax to ci~ettes: A~m~dqSAS 4 percent 2/1/87 "SOU~ ~ 5 percent 7/1/87 Montana bills to impose a new sales tax on all products died. TI19810315

Bills to restrict ~ bave~en int~ in 43 states. Bills include ~ restricti~ns (w) i.~2~.states. ~ states have passed restriction measures: ~ Requires state government agencies to set policles meeting needs II of both smokers and nonsmokers. Amends 1983 workplace law to require nonsmoklng areas at employee' s request. Restrictions in government offices, restaurants, stores, public places. Workplace was amended out. (Awaits Governor's action. ) Bans smoking on public.buses. Workplace bill was defeated. Requires state & local governments to set policies on smoking in government buildings. Restrictions in workplaces and public places; restaurants were amended out. (Awaits Governor's action. ) Requires restaurants to post smoking policies; restricts smoking in stores and other public places. Amends current law on smoking in health care facilities; allows smoking by patients under certain conditions. Requires state government department heads to set w~rk~lace policies. Adds grocery stores to areas where smoking is restricted. -q .......... :' ~ Requires restaurants to adopt smoking/nonsmoking policies by 1/1/88 or to provide ventilation meeting ASHRAE standards. Workillace measure was defeated. Minor changes in current restaurant, public smoking law. Adds medical clinics, nursing homes and juryrocms to current state public smoking law. Workplace was amended out. Requires employers to establish or negotiate w~rkplace smoking restrictions. (Awaits Governor's action. ) Restriction measures are pending in~8-~states: California Delaware Florida (w) Louisiana Massachusetts (w) mssouri (w) New Jersey New York (W) Ohio (w) Oregon (w) Pennsylvania (w) Rhode Island South Catollna utah-(w) Virginia Bills have been defeated in ~ states: Colorado (w) _~o1~C~~ Mississippi (w) Montana (w) Nebra.ska (w) wagon {w) West Virginia (w) Wyoming {w) In nu~-le~islative action, a New York state Supreme Court j~k~e struck down a PubLic Health Omme/1 regulatitm limiting s~king in ~rkplaces arK] public places; the state's appeal is to be heard June 12. The Governors of l~-~.t-~t'~ and ~ have issued executive orders to restrict smoking in executive branch offices and buildings. TI19810316

~hree states have bills to ~re "self-extinguishing" cigarettes. Bills are New Jersey. pending in Massachusetts and A Mir~nesota bill will carry over to 1988 session. Eleven'states w~uld ban or restrict sa~lin~ of tok~cco products. Minnesota passed ~tate sampling ban on all tobacco products. Exemption only for "single serving samples distributed in tobacco stores", d~o~.~ ;~ p,r.L~r~. Measures are pending in seven states: Illinois smokeless Massachusetts all tobacco Nebraska smokeless New Yorkall tobacco Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania all tobacco all tobacco/coupons all tobacco Bills" have ~n defeated in three states: Hawaii all tobacco Idaho all tobacco Ir~liana all tobacco A bill pending in Maine wDuld require registration and permits for sampling. Advertising bans and restrictimm have been i~~ in 11 states; are in five: California New York Massachusetts Ohio New Jersey Advertising bans have been rejected in six states: Hawaii Maryland Iowa Minnesota Maine (sponsorship) Washington Also, WEST VIRGINIA approved a bill requiring "warning" messages on smokeless tobacco billboard ads. Similar bills are pending in Illinois and Massachusetts. Bills to ban sale of t~acco products thruu@h vending machines, or to restrict. l~ti~ms of such machines, have been intr~x~d in ten states. MA~NE has passed bill requiring vending machines to be in locations inaccessible to minors or to be under adult supervision. (Awaits Governor's action. ) Measures are ~er~lin~ in four states: Massachusetts Oregon New York Wisconsin ~~ restrictio~s have been'defeated in f~ur states: Georgia Connecticut Iowa Minnesota TI19810317