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ND HCR3033
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/14/2013
Primary Sponsor
Blair Thoreson
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AI Summary
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Directs Legislative Management to study tobacco harm reduction strategies that encourage smokers to switch from cigarettes to less risky tobacco products.
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Requires study of opportunities to accurately inform the public about health risks of smokeless tobacco, vapor products, and tobacco-derived products compared to cigarettes.
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Acknowledges that just over 18 percent of North Dakota's adult population are cigarette smokers and that cigarette smoking rates have declined substantially but are slowing.
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Notes that major public health organizations recognize a continuum of risk among tobacco products, with cigarette use carrying substantially higher risks than smokeless tobacco use.
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Requires Legislative Management to report findings, recommendations, and any necessary legislation to the Sixty-fourth Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to study opportunities to reduce the risk of death and disease among smokers who will not quit smoking, by considering tobacco harm reduction strategies that encourage smokers to switch from cigarettes to less risky tobacco products and by accurately informing the public of the health risks posed by smokeless tobacco products, vapor products, and tobacco-derived products relative to cigarettes.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to adopt yeas 7 nays 38
4/4/2013