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GA SR1042
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/24/2014
Primary Sponsor
Donzella James
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate urges local school systems to adopt policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes by students on school campuses and in school facilities
- Calls on local schools to create educational curricula informing students of the health risks associated with tobacco use
- Emphasizes that educators serve as role models and should abstain from tobacco use while in the vicinity of students
- Cites health findings that smoking causes 90% of lung cancer deaths in men and 80% in women, and that tobacco use causes more annual deaths than HIV, illegal drugs, alcohol, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined
- Non-binding resolution that encourages but does not mandate action by local school systems; most Georgia school systems already prohibit student possession and use of tobacco and e-cigarettes at school facilities
Legislative Description
Local School Systems; urged to adopt policies that prohibit the use of tobacco on campus and at school facilities
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/25/2014
Full Bill Text
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