Proposition Summary

SMOKING AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS. LOCAL PREEMPTION. STATEWIDE REGULATION. INITIATIVE STATUTE. • Repeals and preempts local smoking and tobacco regulations. Repeals and replaces existing statewide smoking and tobacco regulations. Permits amendment of tobacco regulations by two-thirds vote of Legislature. • Bans public smoking with significant exceptions. Permits smoking sections in restaurants and employee cafeterias with conditions. Bars not regulated. Permits smoking in private offices, and business conference rooms with occupants' consent. Exempts from smoking regulations gaming clubs, bingo establishments, racetracks, sports facility private boxes and smoking lounges. • Regulates location of tobacco vending machines and billboards. Increases penalties for tobacco purchases by minors. Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: • Likely, but unknown, annual increase in state and local government health care costs and state tobacco tax revenues. • State enforcement costs of less than $1 million annually. G94

Proposition Number

188

Year

1994

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2490156; A: 29.3; N: 6004876; B: 70.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative Statute.

For Author

JEANETTE ROACHE, Member, San Diego Tavern and Restaurant Association; ROBERT M. JACOBS, Executive Director, San Francisco Hotel Association; JESSE NAVARRO, President, International Hispanic Chamber of Commerce --

Against Author

C. EVERETT KOOP, M.D., Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service 1981-1989; NANCY HOUSTON MILLER, R.N., B.S.N., Chairman, American Heart Association, California Affiliate; SPENCER KOERNER, M.D., Chairman, American Lung Association of California --

Rebuttal Author

CARY A. PRESANT, M.D., President, American Cancer Society, California Division; PAT DINGSDALE, President, California State Parent Teachers Association (PTA); KURT LAUMANN, R.N., President, California Nurses Association --

Rebuttal Against Author

JEANETTE ROACHE, Member, San Diego Tavern and Restaurant Association; ROBERT M. JACOBS, Executive Director, San Francisco Hotel Association; JESSE NAVARRO, President, International Hispanic Chamber of Commerce --

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