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Support State and Local Tobacco Control Efforts
Pages 9-10

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... SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL TOBACCO CONTROL EFFORTS Current attention to tobacco control follows many years of innovative work at the state and local levels initiated by governments and private organizations. States such as California and Massachusetts have mounted effective public education campaigns, supported research, encouraged local nonsmoking ordinances, restricted some forms of advertising and promotion, and implemented other tobacco control measures.
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... local infrastructure for tobacco control. ana Many increases in nonfederal excise taxes and restrictions on advertising, promotion, and levels of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke depend on the actions of state and local governments.
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