Nicotine: cessation.
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Overview
This bill directs the California Department of Public Health and the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee (TEROC) to develop and implement a statewide plan to address teenage vaping and nicotine cessation. Specifically, it mandates the creation of a community education plan based on research from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, along with a plan to identify and share best practices for developmentally appropriate cessation strategies. The bill also establishes a pilot program in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Santa Clara counties to implement targeted intervention programs for youth under 21, prioritizing cessation methods other than traditional nicotine replacement therapies.
Key provisions
- Requires TEROC to develop a statewide community education plan on teenage vaping and nicotine cessation.
- Mandates the identification and sharing of best practices for developmentally appropriate nicotine cessation strategies for youth.
- Establishes a pilot program in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Santa Clara counties to implement targeted intervention programs for youth under 21.
- Prioritizes developmentally appropriate cessation strategies over traditional nicotine replacement therapies.
- Creates a grant program to fund research and efforts toward effective teenage vaping and nicotine cessation strategies.
- Allows grants to be awarded to colleges, universities, research institutions, and other qualifying entities.
- Specifies that grant funding cannot come from the California Healthcare, Research, and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act or the Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act.
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