§ 13-1015. Annual appropriations to fund activities to reduce tobacco use

   (a) Annual budget appropriations. -- For fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012, the Governor shall include at least $ 6,000,000 in the annual budget in appropriations for activities aimed at reducing tobacco use in Maryland as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including:

   (1) Media campaigns aimed at reducing smoking initiation and encouraging smokers to quit smoking;

   (2) Media campaigns educating the public about the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure;

   (3) Enforcement of existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors;

   (4) Promotion and implementation of smoking cessation programs; and

   (5) Implementation of school-based tobacco education programs.

(b) Specific requirement. -- For fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include at least $ 10,000,000 in the annual budget in appropriations for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.

HISTORY: 2003, ch. 203, § 1; 2004, ch. 430, § 1; 2005, ch. 444, § 1; 2009, ch. 487, § 3; 2010, ch. 484, § 3.