Tobacco Prevention Priorities

• Establish comprehensive, statewide smoke-free legislation for indoor worksites and public places and restore local control
  
  
• Increase tobacco excise taxes
  
  
• Monitor the use of Master Settlement Funds
  
  

SMOKE-FREE PUBLIC PLACES & WORKSITES

* Read House Bill 2 - Prohibiting Smoking in Restaurants & Bars in NC (became law on May 19, 2009) *

Brief Summary of the Law from the Institute of Government

FACTS & RESEARCH:

Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet

What is Preemption and What Does It Mean for North Carolinians?

OTHER RESOURCES:

Summary of State Regulations of Smoking in Government Workplaces, Private Worksites and Public Places in North Carolina (from the NC Tobacco Prevention & Control Branch)

VIDEOS

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ADS FOR PRINT

Please print these advertisements in your organization's newsletters or ask your local papers to publish them.

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SAMPLE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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SIGN THE SECONDHAND SMOKE RESOLUTION

Sign our online resolution in support of eliminating secondhand smoke in North Carolina's worksites and public places.

• Resolution Endorsers
  

TOBACCO EXCISE TAXES

MASTER SETTLEMENT FUNDS