| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 32 Political issues |
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| Political issues: State and local governments |
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| The so-called preemption clause of the Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 prohibits |
| states from regulating cigarette advertising because the federally legislated restriction |
| "preempts" state action. |
| Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Fall 1986, p. 386 |
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| Preemption bills sponsored by the tobacco industry that prohibit local governments of |
| the ability to regulate tobacco have been introduced in almost every state legislature, |
| and about 15 states have enacted such ordinances. Some of the bills began as |
| tobacco control measures that the industry and legislators transformed into a |
| pro-tobacco trojan horse. In addition, 25 states have enacted so-called "Smokers' |
| rights laws" which prohibit employment discrimination against smokers. |
| Tobacco Industry Strategies, p. 26, and Tobacco Control 2:132, 1993 |
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| In 1992, Governors Bill Clinton of Arkansas, Douglas Wilder of Virginia, and Lawton |
| Chiles of Florida all vetoed so-called "smokers' rights" bills that would bring smokers |
| under the same umbrella that protects people from discrimination in employment and |
| housing. Gov. Chiles stated: "We should not trivialize people's fundamental civil rights |
| with an unnecessary new class of 'smokers'." |
| American Medical News, July 20, 1992 |
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| New Jersey in 1991 with the strong support of the American Civil Liberties Union |
| passed a smokers' rights bill that makes it illegal for an employer to make hiring or |
| firing decisions on the basis of smoking status. In other states, the tobacco lobby has |
| introduced and passed weak statewide no-smoking laws that contain clauses |
| specifically pre-empting stronger city and county laws. |
| American Medical News, October 19, 1992 |
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