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Current Policy Statements
1.
Increase the Price of Tobacco Products
12/06/06
The South Dakota Tobacco-Free Kids Network supports
initiatives that increase the price of tobacco
products, including increases in the state tax
on tobacco products, as a mechanism to decrease
tobacco consumption, especially among children
and pregnant women, and to provide a means of
funding comprehensive tobacco prevention and
cessation programs.
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2. Share Authority with Local Governments to
Regulate Tobacco
12/06/06
The South Dakota Tobacco-Free Kids Network supports the
passage of legislation that permits local government to regulate
the sales, distribution, marketing, promotion and use of tobacco
products at the local level. The South Dakota
Legislature should not preempt local initiatives to
control tobacco, but rather it should set minimum standards,
allowing localities to enact ordinances to address local
concerns. South Dakota should repeal the current state law
that preempts the ability of local citizens to enact policies
and ordinances that protect their families, children, and
workers from the negative health effects of tobacco.
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3.
Provide Adequate and Sustained Funding for Comprehensive Tobacco
Prevention Programs
12/06/06
The South Dakota Tobacco-Free Kids Network supports adequate,
sustained funding to develop, implement and evaluate a
comprehensive, “best practices”, statewide tobacco prevention and
reduction program. The Network also supports the use of tobacco
money, such as tobacco taxes and earnings from the state’s tobacco
settlement, to fund prevention and cessation programs.
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4.
Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke In Worksites and Public Places
12/06/06
The South Dakota
Tobacco-Free Kids Network supports policy initiatives that will
reduce exposure to secondhand smoke, including the passage of laws
and ordinances that increase the number of smoke-free worksites and
public places. All citizens, employees, and especially children and
those suffering from chronic diseases have a right to worksites and
public places that are free from the hazards of tobacco smoke.
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