142A.6 - COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED -- PURPOSE -- RESULTS.
142A.6 COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND
CONTROL INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED -- PURPOSE -- RESULTS.
1. A comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative
is established. The division shall implement the initiative as
provided in this chapter.
2. The purpose of the initiative is to attain the following
results:
a. Reduction of tobacco use by youth.
b. Strong, active youth involvement in activities to prevent
youth tobacco use and to promote cessation of youth tobacco use.
c. Enhanced capacity of youth to make healthy choices.
d. Reduction of tobacco use by pregnant women.
e. Increased compliance by minors and retailers with tobacco
sales laws and ordinances.
3. Success in achieving the initiative's desired results may be
demonstrated by a minimum of the following:
a. Data demonstrating consistent progress in reducing the
prevalence of tobacco use among youth and adults.
b. Survey results indicating widespread support among youth
for the initiative's tobacco use prevention and control activities;
for programs that enhance the ability of youth to make healthy
choices including those related to use of tobacco, alcohol, and other
substances; and for the media, marketing, and communications efforts
supporting the initiative's desired results. Any survey conducted
may also include an assessment of the effectiveness of tobacco use
prevention and control activities in affecting other unhealthy youth
behaviors including sexual activity and violent behavior.
c. Data demonstrating increased compliance by minors and
retailers with tobacco sales laws and ordinances.
4. The division shall implement the initiative in a manner that
ensures that youth are extensively involved in the decision making
for the programs implemented under the initiative. The initiative
shall also involve parents, schools, and community members in
activities to achieve the results desired for the initiative. The
division shall encourage collaboration at the state and local levels
to maximize available resources and to provide flexibility to support
community efforts.
5. Procurement of goods and services necessary to implement the
initiative is subject to approval of the commission. Notwithstanding
chapter 8A, subchapter III, or any other provision of law to the
contrary, such procurement may be accomplished by the commission
under its own competitive bidding process which shall provide for
consideration of such factors as price, bidder competence, and
expediency in procurement.
6. In order to promote the tobacco use prevention and control
partnership established in section 142A.1, the following persons
shall comply with the following, as applicable:
a. A manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or
distributing agent or agent thereof shall not give away cigarettes or
tobacco products.
b. A manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or
distributing agent or agent thereof shall not provide free articles,
products, commodities, gifts, or concessions in any exchange for the
purchase of cigarettes or tobacco products.
c. The prohibitions in this section do not apply to
transactions between manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, or
retailers.
d. For the purpose of this subsection, manufacturer,
distributor, wholesaler, retailer, and distributing agent mean as
defined in section 453A.1. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §6, 17; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §191
See also §453A.39