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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Miller, Nesselbush, Perry, and Pichardo | |
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Date Introduced: March 01, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Title 23 of the General Laws entitled "HEALTH AND SAFETY" is hereby |
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amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
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CHAPTER 87 |
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TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM |
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23-87-1. Legislative findings. – Cigarette smoking presents serious public health |
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concerns to the state and to the citizens of the state. The surgeon general has determined that |
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smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds |
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of thousands of tobacco related deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often |
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do not appear until many years after the person begins smoking. |
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23-87-2. Tobacco Control Program. – (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the governor |
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and general assembly shall include at least three million, one hundred thousand dollars |
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($3,100,000) in the annual budget for appropriations to the state department of health to |
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implement the tobacco control program and for programs and activities aimed at reducing |
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tobacco use in Rhode Island as recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention, or |
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its successor agency, to prevent and reduce tobacco use, reduce exposure to secondhand smoke, |
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encourage cessation efforts, and identify and eliminate disparities related to tobacco use and its |
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effects among different population groups. |
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(b) Commencing fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, the governor and |
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general assembly shall include in the annual budget in appropriations an additional five hundred |
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thousand ($500,000) to the amount allocated to the department of health tobacco control program |
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in the previous year for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section until total funding |
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for the program has reached the level of funding recommended by the United States centers for |
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disease control and prevention, or its successor agency. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would create the Tobacco Control Program designed to help reduce tobacco use |
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in Rhode Island. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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