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RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION AFFECTING TOBACCO INTRODUCED IN STATE LEGISLATURES, 1977 R H 0 D E I S L A N D ( +) BILL NUMBER YEAR AND AUTHOR SUBJECT 1977 S 8* Restricts smoking in (Canulla et al.) elevators, Indoor movie theatres, libraries, art galleries, museums, con- cert halls, buses, pri- mary, secondary or post secondary school buiid- ings, colleges, super- markets, medical offices, and hospitals. aE***~*****~*~*******Yt~~xxx*********~**~•~********** SOUTH CAROLINA (+) 1977 H 2925 Restricts smoking in (Theodore et al.) public places and meet- Ings. S 217 Restricts smoking In any ( - ) public, enclosed, indoor area or public meeting. *~***********~**~~***~****•~**~***~*~***~**~***:~~*** SOUTH DAKOTA 1977 H 763 Restricts smoking in all (Brever) publ-ic-piaces and meet- ings. ******************~********•~***•~****~*******~~*~*** TENNESSEE (+) 1977 H 504 Bars smoking on buses. tLove) H 1089 Restricts smoking in (Sterling) public places and meet- ings. S 887 ' Bars smoking on intra- (White) state buses. *******•~******************************************* TE'XAS 1977 H 1818 • Restricts smoking In (Labor Comm.) various public places. S 740 Restricts smoking in (Ogg) various public places. *********~*******~*****~~***~***~******#~*******~* :L/ Defeated in the Senate. 2/ Wi thdrawn . ( + ) Denotes carry-over state. RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION AFFECTING TOBACCO INTRODUCED IN STATE LEGISLATURES, 1977 UTAH BILL NUMBER YEAR AND AUTHOR SUBJECT 1977 H 295 1/ Allocates additional funds (Sonntag) from increased cigarette tax for greater enforcement of smoking restrictions. H 391 Provides for the designa- (Hokanson) tion of smoking areas in public places. ***********************************~******************* VERMONT_-(+) 1977 H 190 ?/ Bars smoking in elevators, (Austin et al.) school buses, schools, and health facilities. *~********~*************~***********~******~*********~* VIRGINIA 1977 H 1686 Restricts smoking in (Saslaw et al.) health facilities and public schools.., ~~**~*#*~~*~**~~~*~***~*~***~~*~**~****~~***~:~**~*~**~* WASHINGTON (+) 1977 H 162 Restricts smoking in vari- (Valle et al.) ous public places and pro- vides for enforcement. H 426 Prohibits smoking in all (Charnley & confined public places, Nelson) whether Indoors or outdoors. H 460 Restricts smoking in vari- (Valle et al.) ous public and work places. H 900 Provides for specific no- (Valle et al.) smoking signs and penalty for failure to post such signs. S 2250 Provides for increased (McDermott et.al.) penalty for violating smok- ing laws. Substituted by omnibus anti-smoking law. *•~*~E ~E *~E*~E * ~E **** *~ ** ** ** ***** * ** * ** *** ** ** ** * * ** ** * ** *** WEST VIRGINIA 1977 H 1289 Restricts smoking in vari- (Sonis & ous public places. Rotgin) _ H 1592 Restricts smoking In health (Tompkins) facilities, elevators, on public transit vehicles and in-schools. cn M N 16 TOBACCO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION