Kennedy to seek tighter reins on tobacco — Democratic majority may give bill a big lift
 

Bangor, Maine: Ban on smoking in cars with minors now in effect.
 

Cessation News:
The Department of Health (HEALTH) issued and awarded JSI Research and Training Institute a request for proposal (RFP) for the RI Smokers Resource Center, which includes telephone counseling to be provided in-house.  Quality Partners of Rhode Island provided introductory and clinical trainings to hospitals and community health centers statewide. HEALTH staff partnered with the Rhode Island Community Health Center Association and was successfully awarded a Health Resources and Services Administration grant to address tobacco use and cessation in community health centers statewide. As part of this collaboration, HEALTH drafted an RFP for tobacco treatment services for the uninsured in Rhode Island.

Youth & Rhode Island Laws

§ 11-9-13  Purchase, sale or delivery of tobacco products to persons under eighteen – Posting notice of law.
§ 11-9-13.1  Cigarette and tobacco vending machines.
§ 11-9-13.5  Responsibility for tobacco or health issues.
§ 11-9-13.7  Signs concerning sales to individuals under age eighteen (18).
§ 11-9-13.8  Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.
§ 11-9-13.10  Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products.
§ 11-9-13.15  Penalty for operating without a dealer license.
§ 11-9-14  Use of tobacco by minors.

Studies Show Tobacco Still Targeted to Teens
 

Alliance for Justice — Provides Nonprofit Advocacy Technical Assistance Resources
 

Court helps ill smokers filing individual suits Florida's Supreme Court gave ailing smokers a boost to file individual lawsuits against the tobacco industry, though it upheld an earlier decision to throw out a $145 billion award.

Legal update newsletter from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium (TCLC) which is a new national network supporting tobacco control policy change by giving advocates better access to legal expertise

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Tobacco’s Target Populations 

Please contact the Tobacco Control Staff if you need anything:

Lina Alba-Navarro (Secretary)

Seema Dixit

Donna Levesque

Kelly Doyle

Carol Hall-Walker (Media)

Betty Harvey (Program Manager)