California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Tobacco Use Prevention

  • Section 104350.
    (a)  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)  Smoking is the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California. (2)...
  • Section 104355.
    The following definitions shall apply to this article:(a)  “Grantee” means any public or private nonprofit entity approved by the department or the State Department of...
  • Section 104360.
    The following target populations, at a minimum, shall be the focus of the campaign implemented pursuant to this article:(a)  School-age youth and their families in...
  • Section 104365.
    (a)  There is hereby created the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee in state government that shall advise the department and the State Department of...
  • Section 104370.
    The committee shall be advisory to the department, the University of California, and State Department of Education for the following purposes:(a)  Evaluation of research, school-...
  • Section 104375.
    (a)  To prevent tobacco-related diseases and diminish tobacco use, the department shall establish within the department a program on tobacco use and health to reduce...
  • Section 104380.
    (a)  Funds appropriated to the department for local lead agencies for purposes of this article shall be allocated prospectively, on a quarterly basis in accordance...
  • Section 104385.
    (a)  The department shall award and administer grants for projects directed at the prevention of tobacco-related diseases. The purpose of the grant program is to...
  • Section 104390.
    (a)  The department may provide program support services to local tobacco use prevention programs, that shall include, but need not be limited to, all of...
  • Section 104395.
    The department shall expand the Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program contained in Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) of Chapter 3 of Part...
  • Section 104400.
    (a)  (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), each county health department or city health department as provided in Section 16800 of the Welfare and...
  • Section 104405.
    Local lead agencies shall obtain the involvement and participation of local community organizations with special experience and expertise in community health education against tobacco usage,...
  • Section 104410.
    The following goals and priorities shall govern funding services provided under this article pursuant to local plans:(a)  The provisions of preventive health education against tobacco...
  • Section 104415.
    (a)  Local lead agencies shall attempt to ensure that preventive education against tobacco use for targeted populations is provided in a way that reaches all...
  • Section 104420.
    The State Department of Education shall provide the leadership for the successful implementation of this article in programs administered by local public and private schools,...
  • Section 104430.
    (a)  The State Department of Education shall make available funds appropriated to it from the Health Education Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax...
  • Section 104435.
    County offices of education that receive funds pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 104420 shall do all of the following:(a) Provide technical assistance and training to...
  • Section 104440.
    Local lead agencies shall be ineligible for awards under the competitive grants program, unless the local lead agency is participant within a consortium of community-based...
  • Section 104445.
    In awarding grants under the competitive grants program, the department shall give preference to all of the following:(a)  Nonprofit or community-based organizations. (b)  Current contractors...
  • Section 104450.
    (a)  The State Department of Education shall develop a common reporting format for districts receiving tobacco-use-prevention funds under this article. (b)  The format required by...
  • Section 104455.
    The State Department of Education shall monitor and ensure implementation of district and county offices of education tobacco-free policies and tobacco-use prevention education programs in...
  • Section 104460.
    (a)  Each school district receiving funds from the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund shall make all of the following services available to every pregnant...
  • Section 104465.
    (a)  The department may annually set aside three million dollars ($3,000,000) appropriated for the purposes of the competitive grants program established pursuant to this article...
  • Section 104466.
    Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 and any other provision of law, commencing with the appropriation for the 2002–03...
  • Section 104470.
    The State Department of Education shall make periodic reports to the committee regarding the status and funding of tobacco education programs funded under this article...
  • Section 104475.
    There is hereby created under the authority of the Controller the Tobacco Education Fund.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
  • Section 104480.
    All guidelines, criteria, standards, and requirements specified in this article are exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1...
  • Section 104495.
    (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall govern:(1) “Playground” means any park or recreational area specifically designed to be used by children that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018