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College-age students are the youngest group of Americans legally targeted by the marketing campaigns of the tobacco industry. Since the adoption of the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, tobacco companies have specifically targeted young adults...

This model sponsorship policy is written broadly to prohibit all types of sponsorship that a rodeo may encounter. However, it is up to the rodeo itself to decide which parts of the policy to adopt...

Advocates promoting smokefree legislation often encounter opponents who argue that such laws interfere with individuals' legal rights. This publication from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium debunks that argument, showing how the U.S. Constitution leaves the...

Many communities are increasingly concerned about the appeal of electronic smoking devices to minors, and about e-cigarette vapor in places otherwise required to be smokefree, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, etc. Communities with local laws...

Although federal law bans fruit- and candy-flavored cigarettes, neither federal nor California laws restrict sales of menthol cigarettes or other flavored tobacco products such as cigars, little cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookah tobacco, and electronic cigarettes...

Used cigarette butts and filters from other tobacco products account for a substantial portion of the litter found on streets, in parks, and in other public places. Tobacco waste can be poisonous to children, pets,...

The state smoke-free workplace law (California Labor Code section 6404.5) applies only to an enclosed place of employment. Some have questioned whether the law applies to places where only volunteers are working, if no employees...

As the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke become increasingly well documented, one of the most important steps a community can take to protect and improve its residents’ health is to create more smokefree...

This model ordinance, produced by ChangeLab Solutions, helps guide California cities and counties that wish to regulate youth access to tobacco. The model ordinance provides comments after most provisions, and offers options for changing or...