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News
Kansas Legislature Updates
Clean Indoor Air - HB 2221 Passed the Kansas House on Thursday, February 25
by a vote of 68-54. The Governor is expected to sign the bill and the law
will go into effect on July 1. HB 2221
Clean Air Kansas.
This link provides the actual voices of Kansans from all across the state who
strongly support legislative efforts to provide a simple, strong and fair clean
air law for all Kansans.Media Ads on Clean Indoor Air
First Lady Stacy
Parkinson's Clean Indoor Air PSA 1
First Lady Stacy
Parkinson's Clean Indoor Air PSA 2
Bill Self, KU Men's Basketball Coach PSA's:
Secondhand Smoke
Youth
Bill Snyder, K-State Football
Coach PSA's: Secondhand
Smoke Youth
Secondhand smoke and smokefree workplace advertisements
developed by TASK youth and Jones Huyett Productions and funded by Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas. Click the links here to view each ad on YouTube. TASK Guy PSA
TASK Princess PSA
Kansas Health
Foundation's Smoke is Poisonous Campaign
Taxation
HB 2462 and
HB 2466
TFKC Talking Points
on Taxation
2010 Kansas Legislators (Capitol and Home Contact Information): House
of Representatives Senators
Legislative News:
Legislative Update
- 2/28/10Other legislative bills:
SB 342
(prohibiting the sale of novelty lighters)
SB 516
(increasing rates of tax on cigarettes and tobacco products and increasing rate
of sales tax)
HB
2643 (increasing the rate of tax on cigarettes and tobacco products and
increasing rate of sales tax)
HB
2715
(insurance rider for smokers)
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Youth Access
"It's Everybody's Business" believes protecting children from easy access to cigarettes and other tobacco products protects their health and their future. Here, retailers can find tools to reduce youth access to tobacco. Because in Kansas, protecting youth against tobacco ...
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Facts and Figures
In Kansas:
- 17.9% of adults smoke
- 20.6% of high school students smoke
- 11,800 kids (under 18) become new daily smokers each year
- $927 million in annual health care costs directly caused by smoking
- 161,000 kids are exposed to second-hand smoke at home
Find more facts and figures here
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