Resolve, To Study the Protection of Youth and Young Adults from Addiction and Premature Death by Restricting Marketing of Tobacco Products
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0508
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: GROHOSKI, MOORE, McCREIGHT, MILLETT

Legislative Document
No. 508
H.P. 365
House of Representatives, January 31, 2019
Resolve, To Study the Protection of Youth and Young Adults from 
Addiction and Premature Death by Restricting Marketing of 
Tobacco Products
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative GROHOSKI of Ellsworth.
Cosponsored by Senator MOORE of Washington and
Representative: McCREIGHT of Harpswell, Senator: MILLETT of Cumberland.
Sec. 1.  Office of Attorney General to research State's ability to restrict 
marketing of tobacco products to youth and young adults.  Resolved:  That the 
Office of the Attorney General shall research regulatory options for protecting youth and 
young adults from the marketing of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine 
delivery systems.  When appropriate, research under this section may be conducted in 
conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.  The research 
must include at a minimum:
1.  Investigating where and how youth and young adults are being exposed to 
industry marketing of all tobacco products and their delivery systems and the efficacy of 
such marketing;
2.  Examining the legal options to limit youth and young adult exposure to industry 
marketing;
3.  Examining the legal options to limit the number of and location of tobacco retailer 
licenses, including limiting the total number of licenses issued, limiting the number of 
licenses in an area based on population, restricting retail locations in relation to schools, 
playgrounds and other areas where youth and young adults congregate, specifying an 
allowable distance between tobacco retailers and specifying an allowable distance 
between tobacco retailers and tobacco-free pharmacies;
4.  Designing a system to encourage members of the public to report to the federal 
Food and Drug Administration any marketing of tobacco products that makes health or 
therapeutic claims; and
5.  Examining any other legislative options available for restricting the marketing of 
all tobacco products.
Sec. 2.  Report.  Resolved:  That, no later than February 1, 2020, the Office of the 
Attorney General shall submit a report with the results of the research under section 1 to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.  The committee shall 
submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature related to the report.
SUMMARY
This resolve requires the Office of the Attorney General to research marketing 
practices by the tobacco industry and regulatory options for the State to employ to curb 
youth and young adult use of and addiction to tobacco products, including electronic 
nicotine delivery systems.  The Office of the Attorney General is required to report its 
findings to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by February 1, 
2020, and the committee is required to submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 
129th Legislature related to the report.