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Oregon Senate Votes to Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids

Senate Bill 444 passed with nearly a two-thirds vote. The bill gives police the ability to write tickets for people seen smoking in cars with children present
March 14, 2013 — The Senate passed SB 444 on a 29-10 vote yesterday, which would make smoking in cars with children a secondary traffic offense, punishable by fines of up to $250 for first-time offenders. Read More >>

Oregon Legislators Want to Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids

Secondhand smoke in cars is 27 percent more concentrated than in smoker’s homes, according to the California EPA
  February 21, 2013 -- Republican Rep. Jim Thompson of Dallas said that enacting a ban on smoking in cars with children isn’t about restricting personal choice. It’s about shielding those who don’t have a choice to be around secondhand smoke.
 
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Tobacco tax revenue projections off by as much as 20 percent

Cigarette tax increases in Washington drive sales in Oregon, making accurate predictions difficult
May 23, 2012 -- Smoking and tobacco use currently provides Oregon with approximately $260 million in tax revenue each year, not nearly enough to account for the $2.4 billion that tobacco products cost the state each year. Read More >>

Legislators, Health Advocates Call for Tobacco Tax Hikes

At the same time, tobacco proponents want to make it easier to get cigarettes by expanding the definition of a smoke shop
February 8, 2011--Anti-tobacco advocates have an ambitious agenda, and are backing a bevy of bills slated to appear before the Oregon Legislature in the coming weeks. But to succeed, they’ll have to overcome public perception, healthcare priority shifts and an extremely well-funded opposition.   Read More >>

"Quit Smoking" Programs Reduce Premiums

How a new law requiring insurers to boost smoking cessation benefits is a win-win for everyone, that is, if they know about it
May 26, 2010 -- A months-old Oregon law that requires health insurers to offer benefits encouraging people to quit smoking could become one of the state's most cost-effective healthcare policies, at least in one doctor's opinion. Read More >>

Smokefree Workplace Law No Effect on Lottery

But advocates will have trouble blaming smoking ban for budget shortfalls
March 17, 2010 -- A recent poll commissioned by Northwest Health Foundation brings further doubt to the contention that smoking bans in bars are responsible for reduced lottery funds. Read More >>
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