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IN HR0021
Resolution
Status
2/15/2018
Primary Sponsor
Charlie Brown
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AI Summary
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Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of tobacco product purchasing age to the appropriate study committee for further examination
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Cites that tobacco use poses serious health hazards to all Hoosiers, particularly children, and that government has a duty to protect citizens from smoking dangers
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Notes that cigarette smoking rates declined substantially from 1965 through 2004, but the rate of decline has slowed in recent years
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States that increasing the age for purchasing tobacco products could help lower health risks for young citizens and protect them from irreversible harm
Legislative Description
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the purchasing age for tobacco products.
Last Action
First reading: referred to the Committee on Public Health
2/15/2018