STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1360

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 103

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 103 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A TOBACCO-FREE UNIVERSITY POLICY FOR ALL UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke on all University of Hawaii campuses and campus facilities by encouraging the University of Hawaii Administration to:

(1)  Prohibit smoking and the use of tobacco products by all persons on all campuses and campus facilities owned or operated by the University of Hawaii;

(2)  Implement policies to make all University of Hawaii campuses tobacco-free, including posting signage notifying all persons of the University of Hawaii's tobacco-free policy and carrying out a public information campaign that implements the policy; and

(3)  Carry out the provisions of Executive Policy E10.102(D), which calls upon University of Hawaii administrators to create and implement meaningful plans to discourage the initiation of tobacco product use and the transition from occasional to nicotine-dependent tobacco product use, and to assist the substantial number of tobacco product users who are trying to quit.

The American Heart Association, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and two individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure.  Two individuals opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 103 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair