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PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION IV 1 2 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTROL ADVISORY COMMISSION 1 3 PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM 1 4 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 453A.57 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO 1 5 PRODUCTS CONTROL ADVISORY COMMISSION CREATED – MEMBERSHIP. 1 6 1. A cigarette and tobacco products control advisory 1 7 commission is created within the Iowa department of public 1 8 health. The purposes of the commission include recommending 1 9 the awarding of grants, coordinating statewide cigarette and 1 10 tobacco products control activities, and ongoing evaluation of 1 11 cigarette and tobacco product control efforts. The commission 1 12 shall be staffed by personnel assigned by the director of 1 13 public health. 1 14 2. The commission membership shall include persons 1 15 appointed by the director of public health, not to exceed nine 1 16 members. Commission members shall be selected from 1 17 organizations that have as their primary purposes the 1 18 reduction of the human, social, or economic damage resulting 1 19 from the use of cigarettes and tobacco products and the 1 20 amelioration of the effects of and reduction of the incidence 1 21 of particular diseases or health conditions associated with 1 22 the use of cigarettes and tobacco products. In addition, 1 23 education, research, or health care personnel shall be 1 24 appointed as ex officio, nonvoting members at the discretion 1 25 of the director of public health. Membership selection is 1 26 subject to sections 69.16 and 69.16A. Commission members 1 27 shall receive per diem as provided in section 7E.6, subsection 1 28 1, paragraph "a", and expenses. 1 29 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 453A.58 DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION – 1 30 COMPREHENSIVE CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTROL PROGRAM. 1 31 The cigarette and tobacco products control advisory 1 32 commission shall do all of the following: 1 33 1. Establish a comprehensive cigarette and tobacco 1 34 products control program by coordinating or sponsoring state 1 35 and local government and private programs and efforts 2 1 including but not limited to all of the following: 2 2 a. Broad-based, school-based programs and efforts to 2 3 foster resistance to the use of and addiction to cigarettes 2 4 and tobacco products among persons under eighteen years of 2 5 age. 2 6 b. Efforts to provide use cessation information and 2 7 programs to persons under eighteen years of age. 2 8 c. Research efforts designed to determine effective means 2 9 of protecting persons under eighteen years of age against use 2 10 of and addiction to cigarettes and tobacco products and to 2 11 develop other important facets of cigarette and tobacco 2 12 products control. 2 13 d. Efforts to mobilize culturally, ethnically, 2 14 professionally, and geographically diverse local partnerships 2 15 to reduce the use of cigarettes and tobacco products. 2 16 e. Educational programs available to persons under 2 17 eighteen years of age, parents, retailers, business leaders, 2 18 law enforcement officials, community leaders, health care 2 19 providers, civic group members, school personnel, and members 2 20 of special populations which equip and motivate these persons 2 21 to promote changes to reduce the promotion, sale, and use of 2 22 cigarettes and tobacco products. 2 23 f. Efforts to link school-based efforts with local 2 24 community coalitions and statewide health promotion plans. 2 25 2. Initiate a program which includes evaluation surveys 2 26 and measurement of behavior, attitudes, and health outcomes 2 27 related to the use of cigarettes and tobacco products. The 2 28 program shall provide information such as the prevalence of 2 29 use among persons under eighteen years of age and adults, per 2 30 capita consumption, and exposure to environmental smoke. The 2 31 commission shall develop and compile all of the following: 2 32 a. Systems designed to ensure continuous monitoring of 2 33 performance objectives which may include surveying risk 2 34 behavior of persons under eighteen years of age, determining 2 35 factors of risk behavior, and pregnancy risk assessment. 3 1 b. Evaluation surveys designed to monitor intermediate 3 2 program objectives in all strategy areas. Data collection 3 3 methods shall complement monitoring systems and shall include 3 4 school-based surveys, school administrator surveys, teacher 3 5 surveys, opinion leader surveys, health care provider surveys, 3 6 local program monitoring surveys, state and local policy 3 7 tracking, monitoring of the activities of the cigarette and 3 8 tobacco products industry, and local media monitoring. 3 9 3. Plan a sustained educational campaign to inform 3 10 individuals about the full range of dangers associated with 3 11 use of cigarettes and tobacco products and to discourage such 3 12 use. The educational campaign plan shall strongly discourage 3 13 the use of cigarettes and tobacco products and shall be 3 14 integrated with school-based, clinical, and other community- 3 15 based programs designed to maximize the impact of the message. 3 16 Activities included in the educational program shall include 3 17 but are not limited to all of the following: 3 18 a. Special events and promotions to engage local media and 3 19 reinforce school and community programs. 3 20 b. Strategic media efforts that integrate local media 3 21 advocacy, advertising, and other efforts to reduce or replace 3 22 cigarette and tobacco products industry sponsorships and 3 23 promotions. 3 24 c. Use of statewide television, radio, print, and other 3 25 types of media. 3 26 4. Develop a program for the enforcement of laws and rules 3 27 that restrict access of persons under eighteen years of age to 3 28 cigarettes and tobacco products and which reduce exposure to 3 29 environmental smoke. Enforcement efforts shall include but 3 30 are not limited to all of the following: 3 31 a. Funding of local enforcement of cigarette-related and 3 32 tobacco-products-related laws, with emphasis on the use of 3 33 local or regional law enforcement officials dedicated 3 34 exclusively to such enforcement and control. 3 35 b. The establishment of a cigarette and tobacco products 4 1 control unit within the Iowa department of public health with 4 2 jurisdiction over coordination of local enforcement efforts 4 3 across the state as well as direct authority to investigate 4 4 and prosecute noncompliance as necessary to supplement local 4 5 efforts. 4 6 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 453A.59 FUNDING FOR COMMISSION AND 4 7 PROGRAMS. 4 8 The commission and programs established in sections 453A.57 4 9 and 453A.58 shall be funded by appropriations from the tobacco 4 10 settlement fund created pursuant to section 12.65. 4 11 Sec. 4. Section 12.65, Code 1999, is amended to read as 4 12 follows: 4 13 12.65 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND. 4 14 A tobacco settlement fund is created in the office of the 4 15 treasurer of state. After payment of litigation costs, the 4 16 state portion of any moneys paid to the state by tobacco 4 17 companies in settlement of the state's lawsuit for recovery of 4 18 public expenditures associated with tobacco use shall be 4 19 deposited in the tobacco settlement fund. Moneys deposited in 4 20 the fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from 4 21 the fundto the department of human services for the medical4 22assistance program and to the Iowa department of public health4 23for programs to reduce smoking by teenage youth. For purposes 4 24 of this section, "litigation costs" are those costs itemized 4 25 by the attorney general and submitted to and approved by the 4 26 general assembly. 4 27 EXPLANATION 4 28 This bill creates a cigarette and tobacco products control 4 29 advisory commission within the Iowa department of public 4 30 health. The members of the commission are to be appointed by 4 31 the director of public health and membership is not to exceed 4 32 nine members. The commission is charged with developing a 4 33 comprehensive program which includes coordination of programs 4 34 and efforts, the compiling and provision of information to the 4 35 public, conducting of research, and establishment of a 5 1 sustained educational campaign designed to discourage youth 5 2 smoking, to promote cessation efforts and to enhance the 5 3 understanding of the effects of smoking. The bill also 5 4 provides for development of enforcement programs including 5 5 funding of local or regional law enforcement activities. The 5 6 bill provides for appropriation of the moneys in the tobacco 5 7 settlement fund to carry out the provisions of the bill. 5 8 LSB 2671HH 78 5 9 pf/jw/5
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