Proposition Summary

SMOKING AND NO-SMOKING SECTIONS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Provides for designation of smoking and no-smoking sections in every enclosed public place, enclosed place of employment, enclosed educational facility, enclosed health facility and enclosed clinic. Does not limit smoking in outdoor areas or private residences. Establishes criteria for defining smoking and no-smoking sections. Requires signs be posted designating no-smoking areas. Violation is infraction punishable by $15 fine per violation. Provides no person may be taken into custody or subject to search for violation. Allows enactment of further legislation and regulations relating to smoking. Requires implementation standards be adopted by Department of Health Services. Fiscal impact on state and local governments: Issuance of regulations by state, posting of nonsmoking signs by state and local governments, and enforcement of measure by state and local governments would result in minor costs to state and local governments. Indeterminable reduction in state and local tax revenues could result from reduced cigarette consumption. Indeterminable savings could result from decline in smoking-related illness among employees and participants in state health-related programs and from decline in fire losses.

Proposition Number

10

Year

1980

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 3861614; A: 46.6; N: 4432209; B: 53.4

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative statute

For Author

Raymond L. Weisberg, M.D., President, American Cancer Society, California Division; Diane E. Watson, State Senator, 30th District Vice Chair, Senate Health Committee; Peter E. Pool, M.D., President, American Heart Association of California

Against Author

Houston I. Flournoy, Former State Controller; Peter J. Pitchess, Sheriff, County of Los Angeles; David Bergland, President, Californians Against Regulatory Excess

Rebuttal Author

Houston I. Flournoy, Former State Controller; Peter J. Pitchess, Sheriff, County of Los Angeles; David Bergland, President, Californians Against Regulatory Excess

Rebuttal Against Author

Raymond L. Weisberg, M.D., President, American Cancer Society, California Division; Diane E. Watson, State Senator, 30th District Vice Chair, Senate Health Committee; Peter E. Pool, M.D., President, American Heart Association of California

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