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(The Center Square) – Further restrictions to California’s flavored tobacco ban will go into effect Jan. 1, with regulations being overseen by Attorney General Rob Bonta. The aim of the bill ...
State Year Code Notes California: 2005 CA LABOR CODE § 96(k) & 98.6 Not specific to tobacco use, covers all lawful activities but has been interpreted by the courts as not creating any new substantive rights Colorado: 1990 CO REV. STAT. ANN § 24-34-402.5 Not specific to tobacco use, covers all lawful activities Connecticut: 2003
Therefore, such policies are entirely a product of state and local laws. In 1995, California was the first state to enact a statewide smoking ban for restaurants. [1] Throughout the early to mid-2000s, especially between 2004 and 2007, an increasing number of states enacted a statewide smoking ban of some kind.
State tobacco laws partly changed in 1992 under the George H.W. Bush administration when Congress enacted the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act, whose Synar Amendment forced states to create their own laws to have a minimum age of eighteen to purchase tobacco or else lose funding from the Substance Abuse ...
Anti-tobacco advocates fought for years to end the sale of flavored products they said have generated a youth vaping crisis.
California now has an official state bat (the pallid bat) thanks to one new law, and an official state mushroom (the golden chanterelle) thanks to another. But other laws could have a larger impact.
California's adult smoking rate has dropped nearly 50% since the state began the nation's longest-running tobacco control program in 1988. California's state government reported saving a total of $86 billion in healthcare costs after allocating $1.8 billion for tobacco control; this was a 50:1 return on investment compared to total cost of the ...
Tennessee's new laws in 2025: Tenant rights, age verification for social media, adult websites Texas: Car safety inspections no longer required starting Jan. 1, 2025 Eggs, gym memberships and pets ...