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Growing Up Tobacco Free Preventing Nicotine Addiction in Children and Youths (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 281-288

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... Chapter 3: Social Norms and the Acceptability of Tobacco Public education programs and messages should be increased and implemented on a continuous basis to (a) inform the public about the hazards of tobacco use and of environmental tobacco smoke and (b)
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From page 282...
... Essential components of this plan, which should become fully effective by the year 2000, include: Restricting to a tombstone format the advertising of tobacco products in print media, including magazines and newspapers, or in other visual media, including videotape, videodisc, video arcade game, or film; banning the commercial use of the registered brand name of a tobacco product, trademark, or logo, or other recognizable symbol for such a product in any movie, music video, television show, play, video arcade game, or other form of entertainment, or on any other product; and Canning the use of the registered brand name of a tobacco product, a trademark or logo, or other recognizable symbol for such a product, in any public place, or in any medium of mass communication for the purpose of publicizing, revealing, or documenting sponsorship of, or contribution to, any athletic, artistic, or other public event.
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From page 283...
... Chapter 6: Tobacco Taxation in the United States 1. Tobacco tax policies at the federal and state levels should be linked to the national objectives for reducing tobacco use.
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From page 284...
... The states' obligation to enforce youth access restrictions should be tied to eligibility for CDC grants for tobacco control activities, and these grants should include sufficient funds to cover the costs of enforcement during the developmental phase of the new program. In addition, the states should be required to establish a mechanism for independent assessment of retailer compliance with youth access restrictions.
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From page 285...
... 12. CDC, through the Office on Smoking and Health, should provide technical assistance and resources to support states and localities wishing to implement youth access community education programs.
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From page 286...
... 9. If the regulatory agency finds that reduction of tar and/or nicotine yields would reduce morbidity or mortality associated with use of tobacco products, it should be authorized to prescribe ceilings of tar and/or nicotine yields and to develop a regulatory program of phased reductions in those ceilings over time.
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From page 287...
... 7. CDC's Office on Smoking and Health should be given the responsibility for coordinating federal tobacco control initiatives, with a focus on reducing initiation of smoking and use of smokeless tobacco by children and youths, and should be given additional resources for this purpose.
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