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The Illinois General Assembly found tobacco smoke to be a dangerous carcinogen to human beings and a hazard to public health. The Illinois General Assembly also found secondhand tobacco smoke to cause an estimated 2,900 deaths of Illinois citizens each year, an increased risk of premature death in Illinois workers exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, and cause the following in children and ...
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
[106] [107] In 2004, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the state's food and tobacco sales laws do not preempt cities and counties from enacting smoking regulations of any kind. [108] Localities in Kentucky with smoking bans that include all bars and restaurants (37 total):
The Tax Foundation compared 2022 census data and cigarette sales figures to try to determine the percentage of out-of-state cigarettes being consumed. Illinois, which adds nearly $3 in taxes on a ...
State Sen. Julie Morrison, D-Lake Forest, said some e-cigarettes are designed to look like school supplies, like highlighters, erasers and pencil sharpeners. “Th New Illinois laws affecting ...
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The Nazis conducted major anti-tobacco campaigns until the demise of their regime in 1945. [31] In the latter part of the 20th century, as research on the risks of secondhand tobacco smoke became public, the tobacco industry launched "courtesy awareness" campaigns. Fearing reduced sales, the industry began a media and legislative programme that ...
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 ...