2007 California Government Code Chapter 5.6. Tobacco Control

CA Codes (gov:19994.30-19994.35)

19994.30.  As used in this chapter:
   (a) "Building" means a building owned and occupied, or leased and
occupied, by the state.
   (b) "State" or "state agency" means a state agency, as defined
pursuant to Section 11000, the Legislature, the Supreme Court and the
courts of appeal, and each California Community College campus and
each campus of the California State University and the University of
California.
   (c) "State employee" means an employee of a state agency.




19994.33.  (a) The State Department of Health Services may develop
guidelines for the content and effective presentation of tobacco
smoking control programs designed to assist an individual in either a
self-help or group environment.  The guidelines may be distributed
to state agencies.  The State Department of Health Services may
provide a copy of the guidelines to any individual or group, upon
request, and may charge a fee that shall not exceed the actual cost
of producing a copy.
   (b) State agencies may offer tobacco smoking control programs to
their employees.  A state agency may use existing employee training
funds to pay for the presentation of tobacco smoking control programs
offered to state employees at a state-owned or state-leased building
during normal work hours.
   (c) Not later than January 31, 1994, and thereafter upon initial
employment, each state agency shall inform its employees about the
smoking prohibition contained in Section 7597, areas where smoking is
permitted, and the availability of tobacco smoking control programs.

   (d) Enrollment in a tobacco smoking control program by any state
employee shall be voluntary.



19994.34.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency
specified in Division 3 (commencing with Section 3001) of the Food
and Agricultural Code may accommodate the smoking public where it is
economically feasible, provided state employees are not required to
work in enclosed areas where the probability of exposure to
secondhand smoke exists and the nonsmoking public is provided with a
smoke-free environment in all enclosed buildings.



19994.35.  (a) No tobacco product advertising shall be allowed in
any state-owned and state-occupied building excepting advertising
contained in a program, leaflet, newspaper, magazine, or other
written material lawfully sold, brought, or distributed within a
state building.
   (b) "Advertise," for purposes of this section, means the display
of any poster, sign, or other written or visual material that is
intended to communicate commercial information or images to the
public.
   (c) "Tobacco product," for purposes of this section, means any
product containing tobacco, the prepared leaves of plants of the
nicotiana family, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, loose
tobacco, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other preparation of
tobacco.