STAND. COM. REP. NO. 214
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1048
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1048 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to grant the Department of Health (DOH) regulatory power over tobacco and tobacco products.
DOH opposed this bill.
Your Committee finds disturbing, the increasing reports of dangerous chemical substances being found in tobacco products, and believe that more needs to be done to realize the full impact these products may have upon the health of our community. To allow for a more detailed understanding of these possible health risks and to assist DOH in researching this issue, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that DOH investigate public health risks associated with exposure to tobacco and tobacco products; and
(2) Establishing, within DOH, the Commission on Tobacco Product Safety, to:
(a) Identify added constituents and nicotine yield ratings in tobacco products;
(b) Identify quantities and risk factors of added constituents;
(c) Recommend proposals to regulate the use of hazardous constituents; and
(d) Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature;
and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1048, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1048, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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