STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1303

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 60

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 60 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT REDUCE THE HARM CAUSED BY THE SALE AND DISPLAY OF TOBACCO,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the State of Hawaii to adopt policies that limit the impact of tobacco marketing and advertising on the people of Hawaii in order to reduce the public health consequences of tobacco use by Hawaii's youth and adults.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, American Cancer Society, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i, University of Hawai'i System, Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, and thirty-six private citizens.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Smokers Alliance and three private citizens.

     Your Committees find that prior efforts to limit tobacco use have not had a sufficient impact on tobacco cessation and there is a need for further efforts to reduce tobacco use by adolescents and adults throughout Hawaii.  This measure will encourage the State to further explore tobacco cessation mechanisms to promote healthier, tobacco-free lifestyles throughout Hawaii.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending its title for consistency; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Commerce and Consumer Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 60, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 60, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Commerce and Consumer Protection,

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair