State GovernmentCalifornia Awards Millions In Grants Aimed At Stopping Tobacco Sales To KidsJune 12, 2018 | Steve MilnePolice departments in Stockton, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova and Rocklin will be getting more money to crack down on the illegal sale of tobacco products to kids. They're among more than 70 entities throughout California getting state grant money. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareSacramento Communities Eye Yolo County's Flavored Tobacco BanJuly 20, 2017 | Sammy CaiolaCommunities in the Sacramento area are watching how a Yolo County ban on flavored tobacco is working.
Health CareCost Of Smoking At $300 Billion A Year For AmericansJanuary 18, 2017 | Rich IbarraA personal finance web site calculated the cost of smoking after medical bills, loss of productivity and packs of cigarettes at $300 billion a year for Americans. California's cost is over $36,000 per smoker per year. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
New Law Bans Tobacco Products At Youth Sports EventsDecember 27, 2016 | Daniel PotterA new law to keep people from smoking near youth sports events took an unusual path to the California Legislature. The law’s key architects included an eighth-grade social studies class in Elk Grove. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
CalPERS To Sell All Tobacco StocksDecember 20, 2016(AP) - The nation's largest public pension system, CalPERS, is giving up tobacco.
Local Hookah Lounge Owner Grapples With California's New Tobacco LawsJune 13, 2016 | Joanne SerriehCalifornia tobacco retailers, including hookah lounges, are trying to grapple with a new law that increases the minimum age of purchases to 21 years old. One lounge owner estimates a 35 percent loss in business. But he has a game plan.
State GovernmentCalifornians Must Be 21 Or Older to Purchase TobaccoJune 9, 2016 | Ja'Nel JohnsonCalifornians must now be 21 or older to buy tobacco products.
California's Minimum Age To Purchase Tobacco Products Is Now 21June 8, 2016 | Ben AdlerStarting June 8, you must be 21 years old to purchase tobacco products in California. A new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown last month raises the tobacco age from 18 to 21.
California Pension Fund Restarts Tobacco Divestment StudyMay 16, 2016(AP) — The nation's largest public pension system has decided to press ahead with a study of whether to reinvest in tobacco stocks after going back and forth on the issue last month.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezCapitol ChatMay 6, 2016For this week’s Capitol Chat, we check in with POLITICO’s Carla Marinucci to talk about Gov. Jerry Brown signing several tobacco regulation bills, and more California political news. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
