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This is of concern because the 2012 Surgeon Generals Report found that industry-supported youth access bills have contained provisions that undermined efforts to prevent youth from starting to use tobacco products, such as local preemption of stricter policies and weak enforcement requirements

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"What we've found is that plain packaging has tremendous effects on reducing the appeal of these deadly products." Fong said cigarette packages are designed to deceive consumers into thinking some brands are less harmful than others

White said the department is expecting more youth to enter the facilities as the result of 2023's House Bill 3 and 2024's House Bill 5 and Senate Bill 20