California Health and Safety Code

§ 104375

HSC § 104375 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 103 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(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 tobacco use in California by conducting health education interventions and behavior change programs at the state level, in the community, and other nonschool settings.

(b)The department shall conduct statewide surveillance of tobacco-related behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes and evaluate the department’s local and state tobacco control programs under this article. At a minimum, these evaluation activities shall utilize scientifically appropriate methods for monitoring the annual progress of the program in reducing the adult smoking prevalence from the 1993 benchmark rate of 20 percent and reducing cigarette consumption from the 1993 per capita benchmark rate of 4.84 packs per quarter. These surveillance and evaluation activities may include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(1)Be based on sound evaluation principles and include, to the extent feasible, elements of controlled experimental methods.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.