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HM 51 TOBACCO USE TASK FORCE

Rep Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson

Actions: [9] HHHC-HHHC [10] DP

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

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Summary:
 House Memorial 51 (HM 51) relates to tobacco products and seeks a study. 
Legislation Overview:
 The memorial asks that the Department of Health’s Nicotine Use Prevention and Control Program develop recommendations for the Legislature on how to prioritize and increase funding for tobacco use prevention and seeks the establishment of a new task force by the departments of Health and Taxation and Revenue to make recommendations on the effect of excise taxes on the sale of tobacco products.

Copies of the memorial are to be sent to the Governor and secretaries of health and taxation.