MODEL LEGISLATION

Model legislation is a prototype that can be used as a basis to design legislation specific to a particular community. It is based on existing legislation that has proven successful and effective. Model legislation is designed to be both practical and comprehensive. It represents neither the strongest nor the weakest of laws already implemented.

The purpose for including model legislation on the web site is to provide Illinois communities with the technical language, definitions, applications, violations, penalties, enforcement procedures, exemptions, etc. necessary for creating and developing tobacco-control ordinances.

Four pieces of model tobacco-control legislation are available on the web site. They are:

• Model legislation to prohibit the sales of tobacco products to minors;
• Model legislation to regulate tobacco billboard advertising.
• Model legislation to eliminate tobacco vending machines.
• Model legislation to ban the distribution of free tobacco samples.

For information on model legislation dealing with other tobacco related problems please contact the Tobacco Control Department at the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago.