Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Lockyer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 2005No. S121009PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
Declaring smoking to be “the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California,” the Legislature in 1991 enacted a statute prohibiting cigarette companies from distributing cigarettes as free samples, as they might fall into the hands of children and lead them to become addicted to tobacco, and encouraging “all persons to quit tobacco use.” (Stats. 1991, ch. 829, § 1, p. 3676, enacting former Health & Saf. Code, § 25967, subd. (a)(ll), repealed by Stats. 1995, ch. 415, § 163, p. 3335 and reenacted in 1995 as Health & Saf. Code, § 118950,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- United States v. BajakajianSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by84 opinions
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