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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-1015" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Media campaigns aimed at reducing smoking initiation and encouraging smokers to quit smoking;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Media campaigns educating the public about the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Enforcement of existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 years;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Promotion and implementation of smoking cessation programs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Implementation of school–based tobacco education programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For fiscal years 2013 through 2021, 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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Governor shall include at least $18,250,000 in the annual budget in appropriations for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include at least $17,520,000 in the annual budget in appropriations for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
