Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.6,7 Minors are prohibited from buying electronic smoking devices, including e-cigarettes.6 Distribution of samples of electronic smoking devices on public property or within 1000 feet of a school is prohibited.9 Delivery sales of electronic smoking devices require third-party verification, copy of government issued identification or age and signature verification in shipment process upon and before actual delivery.9 Local tobacco laws Use of electronic smoking devices prohibited in state parks, on indoor and outdoor areas if Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Property and in enclosed or partially enclosed places that are owned, leased, or operated by the state or counties, open to the public, places of employment, sports areas/stadiums, and within 20 feet of entrances and exits to such places.9 It is prohibited to smoke or use tobacco, including using e-cigarettes, on the premises of the University of Hawaii.10 Quitting statistics and benefits Quitting smoking in Hawaii The CDC estimates 42.8% of daily adult smokers in Hawaii quit smoking for one or more days in 2019.3 In 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that Medicaid programs cover all quit medications
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Secondhand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and is a mixture of the sidestream smoke, which is the smoke burning from the tobacco at the end of the cigarette, as well as the mainstream smoke exhaled by the smoker
Factors of Use Peer Pressure Local lifestyle and fashions General attitude toward authority Economic conditions Examples set by teachers and school staff Use of illegal drugs and alcohol Factors of Use In 2003 more than 1 in 3 MLB players used smokeless tobacco, mainly moist snuff
