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Each day in Oregon:
18 Oregonians DIE from tobacco use;
20 Oregon kids start smoking;
35,000 Oregonians are still exposed to secondhand smoke at work;
Big Tobacco spends nearly $400,000 on advertising its deadly products;
Oregon spends only 1 penny of a $1.18 cigarette tax and NO MSA funds are used for tobacco prevention!

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Legislative Follow-Up

For more information on all of the major tobacco-related bills click here.

House Bill 2024 - would have required 10% of MSA funds be spent on tobacco education and cessation.

House Bill 2048 - would have restored the 10-cent surtax that expired when Measure 30 passed.

House Bill 2836 - would have closed some of the loopholes in the Clean Indoor Air Act.

House Bill 3496 - would have required all tobacco tax money meant for TPEP be allocated to TPEP by law.

House Bill 5148 - the DHS Budget which allocated 6.9 million dollars for TPEP.

Senate Bill 544 - originally would have removed the "preemption" clause from the Clean Indoor Air Act.

Senate Bill 738 - would have required cigarettes sold in Oregon to be "fire safe."


 

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Stop-Smoking Drive

TOFCO is coordinating a national effort to urge employers and insurers to help smokers quit. 

 

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