California cities and counties can adopt or enforce several different laws to regulate tobacco retailers, such as Penal Code section 308 and the STAKE Act. TALC has put together a comparison chart outlining key elements of each law.

New from TALC: Fact sheets on making a condo complex smokefree and how disability laws can help tenants suffering from drifting tobacco smoke, plus updated versions of our fact sheets on other legal options for tenants affected by secondhand smoke and how landlords can prohibit smoking in rental housing.

Find out how TALC’s new ordinance checklists can help you sort through the steps and policy options involved in getting a local ordinance adopted. Watch our previously recorded webinar explaining how to use the new checklists for our ordinances on regulating tobacco sales through licensing or land use, prohibiting tobacco sampling, and creating smokefree recreational areas and beaches.

TALC's updated model licensing ordinance includes 12 optional "plug-in" provisions, offering communities a variety of ways to use licensing as a tool to enforce numerous tobacco-related laws and encourage compliance with local business standards. Download the revised ordinance and new plug-ins.

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